太阳和人 (1980): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1980, 太阳和人 is a drama film directed by Peng Ning, running about 110 minutes.

What it’s about. With the birth of New China, a husband-and-wife pair of Overseas Chinese painters resolve to return to the embrace of their motherland, and their child is born under the five-starred red flag. But these Overseas Chinese patriots are persecuted in various political campaigns and their daughter subject to discrimination from childhood. The male lead freezes to death as a fugitive and draws a giant question mark in the snow before dying. The daughter emigrates following the Cultural Revolution; when her relatives try to stop her, she says: "You love the motherland, but does the motherland love you?" Based on a script by Bai Hua, SUN AND MAN was completed in 1981 but permanently shelved following high-level criticism and a public campaign against its "anti-Party" character. The film is said to survive in the studio archive but has never been publicly screened. A Taiwanese adaptation of the script (with some modifications) was released in 1982 under the English title PORTRAIT OF A FANATIC.

Who’s in it. 太阳和人 stars Liu Wenzhi, Huang Meiying and Leng Mei.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch 太阳和人 page.

If you liked it. Fans of 太阳和人 tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.