Chaos. Poetry. The sun rises.
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
Director: Jiang Wen
Cast: Zhou Yun, Jiang Wen, Joan Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jaycee Chan, Kong Wei, Lei Chen, Wei Chen
badelf - 10/10
I've grown to really love Jiang Wen's work. His films are highly creative, tongue-in-cheek, political, and steeped in Chinese culture. The Sun Also Rises, a polyptych of related events, is a departure from his usual political commentary. It begins with complete craziness and takes off from there. Even when I got to the end of the film, I wasn't sure what I had exactly seen. I thought the meaning w...
February 2, 2024
Chaos. Poetry. The sun rises.
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
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A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
1h 56m
September 20, 2007
Jiang Wen
Zhou Yun, Jiang Wen, Joan Chen
Fantasy, Drama
