The Blinding Sunlight
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Release Year:
2013
Story:
This story happens in the southern part of Beijing. Lee, the motor-taxi driver's and his family live in a dilapidated tenement yard. His disobliging sister always asks him for the relocation of the tenement yard and urges her brother's family to repay the money. Lee works hard all his day to support his son called kai for studying in the vocational school, the grandpa has to gather the waste products and sell the groceries for subsidizing the family. Lee's family is the dole-drawers, the monthly allowance can not maintain the every day's expenses. So, Lee has to take the old whoremaster for the prostitute in the "city village" besides driving the motor-taxi. The director of the sub-district office repeals lee's dole-drawers after knowing the truth. Lee has to be busy running about obtaining his rights between the sub-district office and neighborhood committee. His son, Kai met the massager called Na, he falls in love with her, but they have to apart at last because Lai could not feed her as she expects. Kai's classmate, named Er Dong, a bad boy whose father is the lecherous principal, frames a case against Kai that he had stolen the monitor's cell phone. The teacher always looks upon on Kai, he denounces Kai without any investigation and gives a slap on Kai's face. Kai hit the teacher with a brick in great impulsion and the principal dismissed Kai. Because of this, Lee has to beg the principal for retraining the punishment on Kai, besides, Lee has to offer a bribe for his son. At last, grandpa passed away quietly, lee was arrested by the police because of the prostitute's tip-offs. Kai stands lonely on the rooftop of his dilapidated house, sees the blinding sunlight and hears the cockcrow......
This story happens in the southern part of Beijing. Lee, the motor-taxi driver's and his family live in a dilapidated tenement yard. His disobliging sister always asks him for the relocation of the tenement yard and urges her brother's family to repay the money. Lee works hard all his day to support his son called kai for studying in the vocational school, the grandpa has to gather the waste products and sell the groceries for subsidizing the family. Lee's family is the dole-drawers, the monthly allowance can not maintain the every day's expenses. So, Lee has to take the old whoremaster for the prostitute in the "city village" besides driving the motor-taxi. The director of the sub-district office repeals lee's dole-drawers after knowing the truth. Lee has to be busy running about obtaining his rights between the sub-district office and neighborhood committee. His son, Kai met the massager called Na, he falls in love with her, but they have to apart at last because Lai could not feed her as she expects. Kai's classmate, named Er Dong, a bad boy whose father is the lecherous principal, frames a case against Kai that he had stolen the monitor's cell phone. The teacher always looks upon on Kai, he denounces Kai without any investigation and gives a slap on Kai's face. Kai hit the teacher with a brick in great impulsion and the principal dismissed Kai. Because of this, Lee has to beg the principal for retraining the punishment on Kai, besides, Lee has to offer a bribe for his son. At last, grandpa passed away quietly, lee was arrested by the police because of the prostitute's tip-offs. Kai stands lonely on the rooftop of his dilapidated house, sees the blinding sunlight and hears the cockcrow......
Casts & Crews:
Liu Yu
Directors
Runtime:
85
minutes
Reference:
"New Director" competition, The 61st San Sebastian International Film Festival
"Special Reference by the Jury", The 36th Cairo International Film Festival's "Main Contest" was awarded
"Emerging Director" competition, The 49th Chicago International Film Festival
"Focus on the World", special screening, The 37th Montreal International Film Festival
special screening, The 58th Irish Cork Film Festival,
special screening, The 11th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
"New Director" competition, The 61st San Sebastian International Film Festival
"Special Reference by the Jury", The 36th Cairo International Film Festival's "Main Contest" was awarded
"Emerging Director" competition, The 49th Chicago International Film Festival
"Focus on the World", special screening, The 37th Montreal International Film Festival
special screening, The 58th Irish Cork Film Festival,
special screening, The 11th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
Casts & Crews
Liu Yu
Director
