A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child, and his father, A-Wen has invested all his hopes and expectations in his introverted eldest son, A-Hao. A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride. While A-Hao is trying to get into medical school, A-Ho faces juvenile detention for a crime committed with his best friend - although not entirely of his own will.

[4][5] It received 11 nominations at the 56th Golden Horse Awards, winning Best Feature Film and Best Director for Chung. | The teenage girl is pregnant and determined to have A-Ho's child, even though he is locked up and has no idea she is expecting.

It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019 and was also screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival. (2019) A-ho is a boy from an ordinary family. Qiu learns A-Ho has impregnated a teenage girl named Xiao Yu, Oden’s father chases A-Wen for victim’s compensation, and silent cracks begin forming in A-Hao’s psyche. A-Wen abandons A-Ho, refusing to help and even requesting the judge to sentence his son as harshly as possible. Another adaptation of the novel had been filmed once before, as An American … Storyline.

On the other hand, A-ho is a troublemaker and the black sheep of the family.

While A-Hao is trying to get into medical school, A-Ho faces juvenile detention for a crime committed with his best friend - although not entirely of his own will. Parents Guide. (Source: Asian Film Festival). Released from the detention center, A-ho tries his best as the head of his family, but society does not accept him and his life continues in a downward spiral. The film stars Chen Yi-wen, Samantha Ko, Wu Chien-ho, Liu Kuan-ting. On the other hand, A-ho is a troublemaker and the black sheep of the family.

In his fifth feature, Taiwanese director Chung Mong-hong finds tenderness and violence in a hard-working family whose two sons grow up facing in opposite directions.

Not long after A-Ho is sent to prison, to make matters worse, his girlfriend shows up on his mother Qin's doorstep. A Sun follows a troubled family of four. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide. [6] It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.[7]. A Sun (Chinese: 陽光普照) is a 2019 Taiwanese drama film directed and co-written by Chung Mong-hong. A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child, and his father, A-Wen has invested all his hopes and expectations in his introverted eldest son, A-Hao. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child, and his father, A-Wen has invested all his hopes and expectations in his introverted eldest son, A-Hao. A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride. A-ho’s brother A-hao is a model student, and his father has high expectations of him. One day, a terrible misfortune befalls A-ho’s family, and, A-ho, who learns about his girlfriend’s pregnancy, gets into serious trouble because of his friends and ends up in a juvenile detention center. 2019 TV-MA 2h 36m Dramas. His father is a driver education instructor, his mother is a hairstylist, and his older brother is a high school student set to enter college. Winner of five Golden Horse Awards including best film, “A Sun” works a bit like Trey Edward Shults’ recent “Waves” or 1981 Oscar winner “Ordinary People,” in that all three films …

| | It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. Starring: Wu Chien-ho, Chen Yi-wen, Samantha Ko. The film stars Chen Yi-wen, Samantha Ko, Wu Chien-ho, Liu Kuan-ting. The film was positively reviewed by Peter Debruge in Variety,[8] Deborah Young in The Hollywood Reporter[9] and Anthony Kao in Cinema Escapist. [11], List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, "【一点资讯】开年特稿：来势凶猛，钟孟宏会是下一个杨德昌吗 www.yidianzixun.com", "2019 Taiwan Box Office Statistics 11/18-11/24", "Family drama 'A Sun' to represent Taiwan at 2021 Oscars", "Review: "A Sun" Is A Meticulous Family Drama Worthy of Its Golden Horse Awards", "Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards Unveils Nominations Amid China Tensions", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Sun_(film)&oldid=982713012, Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh), Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Chinese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 October 2020, at 21:21. A Sun presents a realistic portrayal of the process in which an ordinary family pushed to the brink of their limits comes to embrace each other. A family reckons with the aftermath of their younger son's incarceration and a greater misfortune that follows. A Sun (Chinese: 陽光普照) is a 2019 Taiwanese drama film directed and co-written by Chung Mong-hong.