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The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

7,4 /10 (70 Votes)
2007 ZH 116 min

Overview

A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.

Release date

20/09/2007

Votes

70

Popularity

1.2

Chaos. Poetry. The sun rises.

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

太阳照常升起

Language

ZH

Runtime

116 min

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badelf

2024-02-02

⭐ 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 was just too obscure for me or anyone else. After sleeping on it, though, the entire piece came together for me. This unique addition to Jiang's catalog is an avant-garde, Beat Generation-style poetic …

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