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Sunflower (also know as Xiang ri kui) full movie is released on Aug 17, 2007. Watch Sunflower online - the Mandarin Drama movie from Netherlands , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $28,146. Sunflower is directed by Yang Zhang and created by Shangjun Cai with Joan Chen and Zhang Fan.

Relationship between father and son on a background of Maoist regime in China in the mid-20th century. The father, a painter by profession, interned in a labor camp for "re-education" and loses his ability to paint. he teaches his son to draw, but does so obsessively. The convoluted relationship between father and son that spread over the period of childhood, adolescence and maturity of the son are being resolved in a surprising and sensitive way.

As know as:

Xiang ri kui, Подсолнух, Xiang ri kui, Sunflower, Suncokret

Release Date:

Aug 17, 2007

Release Date (Streaming):

May 17, 2011

Countries:

Netherlands, China, Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin, English

Stream Service:

New Yorker Films

Production Companies:

China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Fortissimo Films, Ming Productions

Gross worldwide:

$28,146

Reviews

Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
The film's father-son friction grows occasionally repetitious, but it springs from a sensitive, well-written melodrama that earns its emotions with tender sincerity.
by rottentomatoes, Jan 04, 2008
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
Sunflower succeeds as both a moving family drama and a microcosm of China's social history since the 1970s.
by rottentomatoes, Sep 21, 2007
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
Although filled with a plethora of dramatic events, including earthquakes and floods, the film never achieves real dramatic momentum, due in large part to its needlessly sluggish pacing.
by rottentomatoes, Sep 10, 2007

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