The Sun
(Solntse)
by Alexandre Sokourov
Russia
Script: Yuri Arabov, Jérémy Noble
Cineamtographer: A. Sokourov
Editing: Serguei Ivanov
Sound: M. Akhpashev
Music: Andrey Sigle
Cast: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Shirô Sano, Shinmei Tsugi, Tahijirô Tamura, G. Pitskhelauri, Hiroya Morita
Production: Nikola Film, Mact Productions, Downtown Pictures
Distribution:
Ocean Films
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France
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Year: 2005
35 mm, Colour, 110 min,
OV Russian, Japanese, English with French Subtitles
Berlin Film Festival 2005
Summer 1945, Japan is occupied. Emperor Hiro Hito, considered as the descendant of the sun-god, is at the heart of the intrigue.
The Sun recounts the events which occurred between two historical decisions taken by this eminent character: his country’s unconditional surrender to the Allies, and his renunciation to divine ascendance. We follow the emperor’s daily life and we attend the historical encounter between two opposite characters: General Mac Arthur and the Emperor of Japan. With great tact and respect, the American general obtains Hiro Hito’s personal decisions guaranteeing a future to the country and accelerating the peace process.
As in his films Taurus about Lenin and Moloch about the last days of Hitler, Sokourov interweaves here private and public lives and probes into his character for his human dimension as well as his responsibilities to the world.
"The Sun is altogether a spectacular film, an historical film, a war film and a drama." A. Sokourov
