Plot
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
Cast
as The Mother
as Tang
as Dr. Lin
as Teacher Liang
as The Son
as Tang's Wife
as Little Chen
as Old Wang
as Tang's Friend in Beijing
as Black Beauty Hei-mei
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Reviews
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 …