Sunflower (2005 film)

Sunflower
Directed byZhang Yang
Written byCai Shangjun
Huo Xin
Zhang Yang
Produced byHan Sanping
Peter Loehr
Yang Buting
StarringSun Haiying
Joan Chen
Liu Zifeng
Zhang Fan
Gao Ge
Wang Haidi
CinematographyJong Lin
Edited byYang Hongyu
Music byLin Hai
Distributed byFortissimo Films
Release date
  • September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10) (Toronto)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin Chinese

Sunflower (Chinese: 向日葵; pinyin: Xiàngrìkúi) is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yang. Zhang's fourth film, Sunflower is a joint production of Ming Productions, the Beijing Film Studio (as part of the China Film Corporation's 4th Production Company) and the Hong Kong subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Fortissimo Films. It was distributed by Fortissimo Films and New Yorker Films (US theatrical distribution).[1]

The film stars Sun Haiying and Joan Chen as a husband and wife, and the actors Zhang Fan, Gao Ge and Wang Haidi as their son over the course of 30 years.

  1. ^ Elley, Derek (2005-09-20). "Sunflower Review". Variety. Retrieved 2007-10-23.