Xiang ri kui 2005

Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.

Cast:

Joan Chen
Zhang Xiuqing 

Gao Ge
Zhang Xiangyang as a 19 year old man 

Wang Haidi
Zhang Xiangyang as a 30 year old man 

Liang Jing
Han Jing, Xiaoyang's wife 

Zifeng Liu
Lao Liu, Zhang Gengnian's best friend and fellow artist 

Li Bin
Chicken Droppings as a 19 year old young man 

• Sunflower