The Sun Has Ears
- Original title
- Taiyang you er (The Sun Has Ears)
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance
- Synopsis
- The Sun Has Ears or Taiyang You Er is the story of a northern Chinese peasant wife in the 1920s whose personal life is played out against a background of sweeping political change. You You (Zhang Yu) and her debt-ridden peasant husband Tian You must search the barren fields for food during a widespread depression, eating bark and battling mice for seeds. They meet up with an unscrupulous bandit leader, Pan Hao, a warlord who has become a lieutenant in the Nationalist Army.
- Awards
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1996: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Best Director, International Critic Award FIPRESCI
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