In the Heat of the Sun

In the Heat of the Sun

  • Director: Wen Jiang
  • Writer: Wen Jiang,Shuo Wang
  • Countries of origin: China, Hong Kong
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Release date: 1994
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Days of Brilliant Sunlight
  • "In the Heat of the Sun" is a film produced in 1993 and released in 1995. This film is the debut film directed by Jiang Wen , directed by Jiang Wen.the novel ""Adapted   . The main actors are Yu Xia , Ning Jing , Xiao Tao Hong , Le Geng and so on.
    The background of the film is Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. A group of children living in the army compound spent their youth in the dazzling sunshine and RedFlag Linux everywhere. In the stories of stream of consciousness , there are love and sexual impulses, immature and failed revolutionary spirit , and there are stories of grow up; grow to maturity . 

    Details

    • Release date 1994
    • Filming locations China
    • Production companies China Film Co-Production Corporation, Dragon Film

    Box office

    Budget

    $2,000,000 (estimated)

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    • By Darius 2022-08-03 19:16:11

      "In the Heat of the Sun" May Hide Secrets About Milan

      Don't believe this. I have never been so brave or so heroic. I kept swearing to tell the story honestly, but the desire, to tell the truth, was so strong that the distractions were great. What I found sadly was that it was impossible to restore the truth at all. My memories were always transformed by my emotions, and then they made fun of me, betrayed me, and confused my mind, making it difficult to distinguish the truth from the fake. I now suspect that the first acquaintance with Milan was...

    • By Bryana 2022-04-23 07:04:37

      On a sunny day, the youth of the grass grows and the warbler flies

      17-year-old Xia Yu, 21-year-old Tranquility.

      A 15-year-old horse monkey, vaguely 20-year-old Milan.

      In youth, there is always a group of running and noisy partners, especially a gluttonous fat man. But the gang of horse monkeys is quite special. Fatty is a fool who likes to lean against the wall and ride a stick. He repeats the most compact and fresh core words nowadays, which has become a special carrier that can best reflect the changes of the times and concepts. Liu Yiku, Liu...

    • By Ladarius 2022-04-23 07:04:37

      "Gu Lunmu~Gu Lunmu~"..."Silly B!"

      The "Silly B" from "Gu Lunmu" made my heart tighten, and then it became heavy.

      Take a look at the plot of the movie. Let's start with "beautiful" love:

      The story takes place in the 1970s, the era of the "great" Cultural Revolution. The family environment has shaped the timid but heroic Ma Xiaojun, and his love is destined to be as tragic as the times he lived in. Ma Xiaojun inherited his father's "good genes" and gradually developed the ability to unlock locks. In that era,...

    • By Marcelino 2022-04-23 07:04:37

      Stills, hey hey hey

      The movie is a good movie. It is also about youth and sex. It is not too much to take a picture.

      After graduating from Tranquility High School, he was first admitted to Guizhou Art College to study animation, and then to Guizhou Art College to complete a three-year junior college course in the Department of Performance. During school, starred in the TV series "The Prosecutor and the Female Prisoner". Afterwards, he went to Shanghai for development and studied in the model training...

    • By Jerad 2022-04-23 07:04:37

      Taming Ferocious Animals - Analysis of "Sunny Days"

      "Sunny Day" is director Jiang Wen's debut, adapted from Wang Shuo's "Ferocious Animals", the film tells the youthful years of a group of teenagers represented by Ma Xiaojun in the military compound in the 1980s. Director Jiang Wen expresses his incomparable nostalgia and praise for that beautiful youth, as well as his disappointment and irony towards the adult world, with his excellent camera language and breathtaking use of light.

      The film is different from other films directed by...

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    • By Zella 2023-09-20 07:06:01

      "Milan!" "What's wrong with you?" "I like you!" "What did you say?" "My car fell into a...

    • By Sadye 2023-08-29 17:47:43

      classic movie! The youthful resonance through time, tranquility is particularly beautiful inside ~ our goddess in those years...

    • By Greyson 2023-07-31 00:15:20

      I vaguely remember the plump serenity, the chubby-faced Tao Hong and the stupefied Xia...

    • By Damien 2023-07-28 00:21:24

      In the summer full of hormones, a woman is as pure and fragrant as honey, the blazing sun above your head is always a dizzying light, and among the lively partners, you are a lonely...

    • By Nikita 2023-07-05 09:55:28

      No feeling at all, not the youth of our generation, can't...

    Movie plot

    "In the Heat of the Sun" tells a story: in Beijing in the early 1970s, adults were busy "revolutionary", schools were closed, and a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys in a military compound indulged all day In fighting and making trouble, Ma Xiaojun is one of them. He has a hobby of using a master key to steal the locks of other people's houses. He often takes advantage of the day when most of the house is empty, opens the locks...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The crew selected several young actors based on "looks like Jiang Wen ", but they don't look like each other when they are placed together. Who to choose? It makes Jiang Wen worried. Later, Jiang Wen's mother came and said that Yu Xia looked like Jiang Wen's middle school, so it was decided that Yu Xia would play Ma Xiaojun.
    The amazing Ning Jing in the film was not the first choice to play Milan. The actors who played Milan changed...
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    Behind the scenes

    The novel based on the film, is the directorial debut of the famous actor Jiang Wen. The work has a very realistic depiction of the life and confusion of teenagers during the Cultural Revolution, using some surreal techniques that were relatively new in China at that time, reflecting the violence and obscure love of teenagers in that era. The film modified some cruel plots in the original work, and enhanced the description of the...
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    Jiang Wen's "Coming of Age Ceremony"

    On August 23, 1993, "In the Heat of the Sun" officially started filming, and the last shot was completed on January 22, 1994. In August 1994, it received an invitation from the Venice Film Festival. On August 21, 1995, the film was Two full years after the film was launched, the film was officially approved for distribution and released nationwide. This is the key time in the birth of this film, and it also records the difficulties and...
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    Media evaluation

    Chinese director Jiang Wen's "In the Heat of the Sun" is one of the world's most amazing films of '94 that is still eager to see. It is a brand new Chinese film from content to form, and its appearance marks that Chinese film has entered a new era. ("Time" Weekly Review)
    The characters in "In the Heat of the Sun" are vivid and credible, and even Xiaogang Feng and the guest "Mr. Wei" and " Little Rogue " are unforgettable. At the same...
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