The Mother
Zhou Yun
The Mother
Overview
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
Trailer
The Sun Also Rises | 大陽照常升起 | Trailer Official
Cast
Tang
Jiang Wen
Tang
Dr. Lin
Joan Chen
Dr. Lin
Teacher Liang
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Teacher Liang
The Son
Jaycee Chan
The Son
Tang's Wife
Kong Wei
Tang's Wife
Little Chen
Lei Chen
Little Chen
Old Wang
Wei Chen
Old Wang
Tang's Friend in Beijing
Cui Jian
Tang's Friend in Beijing
Black Beauty Hei-mei
Guiping Li
Black Beauty Hei-mei
Tang Mei
Xinqing Li
Tang Mei
A Lei
Lei Pan
A Lei
Reviews
badelf
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 recitation on love, loss, death, and life. It may be his best yet.
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