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In the Heat of the Sun is a chinois film of genre Drama directed by Jiang Wen with Xia Yu
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
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Add to a movie listIn the Heat of the Sun is a 1994 film directed and written by Jiang Wen. This was Jiang Wen's first foray into directing after years as a leading man. The film is based on author Wang Shuo's novel Wild Beast (动物凶猛).
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The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey (played by Xia Yu; some of Monkey's experiences mimic director Jiang's during the Revolution), who is a teenage boy at the time. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and night because the Cultural Revolution has caused their parents and most adults to be either busy or away and school system was extremely nonfunctional during the Cultural Revolution. Jiang Wen cryptically suggested that famous movement during the Cultural revolution that most elder young people were sent to the countryside. China was actively preparing for military due to the Vietnam War and claiming USSR to be revisionism. Since monkey and his friends were military children, their parents were off for military purposes. Most of the story happens during one summer, so the main characters are even more free because there is no school. The events of that summer revolves around Monkey's dalliances with his roguish male friends, and his subsequent angst-filled crush with one of the female characters, Mi Lan (Ning Jing). However, Mi Lan falls in love with monkey's friend, Liu Yiku.Actors
Xia Yu
(Ma Xiaojun)
Feng Xiaogang
(Mr. Hu (S: 胡老师, T: 胡老師, Hú-lǎoshī), the teacher)
Wang Shuo
(Small-time Conman)
Jiang Wen
(Adult Ma Xiaojun)
Tao Hong
(Yu Beipei)
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