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CHASING THE SUN

ZHU RI JI HUA

By Ruosong HUANG

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Drama - Completed 2025

A snapshot of the Chinese young generation chasing the promise of a dream future. A sharp, striking, and audacious portrayal by a new contemporary voice. A unique film that mines the borders of staged documentary and ultra-realist style fiction.

- Year of production
- 2025
- Genres
- Drama, Black comedy, First film
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Languages
- MANDARIN
- Duration
- 112 mn
- Director(s)
- Ruosong HUANG
- Writer(s)
- Ruosong HUANG
- Cast
- Tianyi PENG, Runling CUI, Qianghao LUO, Siqian DENG, Xueqing PENG
- Producer(s)
- Yajie LI
- Synopsis
- After five years of studying abroad, Peng Tian returns to his hometown, embarking on a new promising adventure while still facing a life controlled by his mother. Although the city is built into the Eastern Rhine, with fancy buildings and rivers passing through, behind the rapid development, Peng Tian finds out he still lives in a very traditional family. He and his friends have to deal with arranged jobs, arranged marriages, and arranged childbirth. In order to escape it, Peng Tian joins a risky investment made by his friend San Pao, trying to find a way to freedom simply by making money. But what seems to be a logical impulsive choice, it eventually makes Peng Tian blend into the ancient society that he struggles to integrate in. He has to face the tough reality that forces him to adapt to a world that he doesn’t recognize anymore and that makes him feel like a stranger in his own homeland.