Sunrise
Yu Benzheng · 1985
Sunrise (1985), directed by Yu Benzheng, is a 149-minute Chinese drama set in post-Mao Shanghai. Starring Fang Shu and Wang Shihuai, it traces the slow erosion of a marriage under economic strain, with Wang Fuli playing a complicating presence. Written by Wan Fang and shot by Zhu Yongde, it won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture and the Huabiao Award for Outstanding Film. It bears no relation to the 1927 American silent film of the same name.