In the Heat of the Sun

In the Heat of the Sun (1994)

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AKA: Yangguang Canlan de Rizi

Summary: The film tells the story of coming of age in the Cultural Revolution. In Monkey's memory, Beijing in the summer is alway sunny. When parents are away on military duty or sent down to the countryside and school disciplines are loosened, the kids just go wild: skipping class, wandering in the city on bike, fighting for their group, sneaking into people's apartment with a self-made key, watching banned films... And, there is a girl...

Genre: Drama

Country: China, Hong Kong

Directed By: Wen Jiang

Written By: Wen Jiang, Shuo Wang

Starring: Yu Xia, Wen Jiang, Le Geng, Jing Ning, Nan Shang, Gaowa Siqin

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In the Heat of the Sun belongs to 4 collections

1. Coming Of Age (public: moderated by Spunkie - 2 stars)

2. Hong Kong Film Awards' List of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)

3. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)

4. Directors who appear in their own films. (public: moderated by Jellysauce)

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TCI	User	Score	Tier
na	ben83	93	T₈
na	imdb	87	T₁₀
na	columbiatch	88	T₉
na	Purpur	89	T₉
na	PimpPanda	90	T₈
na	FitFortDanga	92	T₁₀
In some ways a fairly typical adolescent coming-of-age story, but with some intriguing twists that hoist it above the average. The narrator throws you some curveballs and suggests a romanticized fantasy. It calls the nature of memory into question. The cinematography is fantastic, it plays a lot with frames-within-a-frame. Like Devils on the Doorstep, this one has a light comic feel but gets astoundingly dark at times. The ending in particular is very atypical for a story of this nature.
na	zeal	80	T₉
na	roujin	70	T₈
na	purity	3	T₉
na	winds	6	T₇
na	kyle.loomis	83	T₉
na	filmaffinity	69	T₇
na	BaalMan	75	T₅
na	Visualice	95	T₁₀
na	Spunkie	90	T₁₀
na	kubo	87	T₈
na	The Way	64	T₈
na	flowing	92	T₉
na	Moribunny	75	T₉
Jiang's is one of the most impressive transitions from actor to full-blown auteur I've ever seen. His debut is scripted and directed with uncanny maturity. Despite having the Cultural Resolution as its backdrop, the period's repression seeping in and insinuating itself, the film avoids direct political confrontation. It is coming-of-age cinema preoccupied particularly with the demons of adolescent male psychology.
na	azlex	100	T₁₀
na	abowloffire	88	T₉
na	negative	2	T₆