The Sun Rises On Us All
China, France
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2025
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Color
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96 min
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Sacrifice and redemption: this is, above all, a story about the limits of morality. He sacrificed himself for love: he bore the guilt for a crime he didn't commit to protect her. Unable to reciprocate such a profound gesture, she chose to leave and start anew, far from everything that bound them together. Years later, fate brings them together again. Their lives, now distant yet secretly intertwined, slowly begin to reveal the tragic story they once shared. While one seeks redemption, the other yearns, at last, to break free from the weight of the past. In a farewell as painful as it is inevitable, both awaken from their long estrangement to meet one last time, in an embrace that encapsulates everything they once were and everything they can no longer be.
Technical Details
Direction:
Cai Shangjun
Cinematography:
Kim Hyun-seok
Language:
Mandarin Chinese and English
Production:
Cai Shangun, Ma Shuang, Justine O, Sean Ren
Sound:
Kun Lou
Subtitles:
Spanish and English
Screenplay:
Cai Shangjun, Han Nianjin
Editing:
Matthieu Laclau, Tsai Yann-Shan
Cast:
Xin Zhilei, Zhang Songwen, Feng Shaofeng, Feng Shaofeng
Director
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Cai Shangjun
Born in Beijing in 1967, Cai Shangjun trained at the city's Theatre Academy, where he began his career as a stage director. In the late 1990s, he transitioned into cinema and began to make a name for himself as a screenwriter, penning three scripts—Spicy Love Soup, Shower, and Sunflower—for director Zhang Yang. Over time, he balanced writing with directing, eventually stepping behind the camera himself. He made his directorial debut in 2007 with The Red Awn, followed by People Mountain, People Sea (2011), a film that earned him the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. His most recent work, The Sun Rises on Us All, awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in Venice, confirms the maturity of his vision.
