Sunflower (2005)
Original title: 向日葵
Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.
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Joan ChenZhang Xiuqing
Zhang FanZhang Xiangyang, Zhang Gengnian's son as an 8 year old boy
Gao GeZhang Xiangyang as a 19 year old man
Wang HaidiZhang Xiangyang as a 30 year old man
Liang JingHan Jing, Xiaoyang's wife
Liu ZifengLao Liu, Zhang Gengnian's best friend and fellow artist
Li BinChicken Droppings as a 19 year old young manMovie DNA
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What is Sunflower about?
Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.
How long is Sunflower?
Sunflower has a runtime of 129 minutes.