Sunny days

Sunny days is a film produced in 1993 and released in 1995. It is directed by Jiang Wen and adapted from Wang Shuo's novel animal ferocity. The main actors are Xia Yu, Jing Jing, Tao Hong, Geng Le, etc.

The film is set in Beijing during the cultural revolution. A group of children living in the military compound spend their youth in the dazzling sunshine and red flags everywhere. In the story of stream of consciousness, there are the impulse of love and sex, the revolutionary spirit of naivety and failure, and the story of growth.

Synopsis

"Sunny days" tells a story: in the early 1970s in Beijing, adults were busy "making revolution", school classes were closed, and a group of 15-year-old boys in an army compound were addicted to fighting and making trouble all day, Ma Xiaojun was one of them. One of his hobbies is to use the master key to open other people's locks. He often takes advantage of most of the time when there is no one in the house during the day to unlock and sneak into other people's houses. After playing enough, he complacently tells others that there is no lock that he can't open, and that he has never been found.

One day, Ma Xiaojun went into another family and saw a picture of a girl's swimsuit. He was immediately attracted by this unknown girl with a bright smile and full of youthful vigor. Through Liu yiku, the "leader" of the children in the courtyard, Ma Xiaojun met Milan, the girl he saw in the photo. Milan, more beautiful than the photo, immediately became Ma Xiaojun's dream lover. However, Milan did not regard him as a big child, but liked Liu yiku. Ma Xiaojun is so angry that he finds fault and has a bitter fight with Liu Yi. Ma Xiaojun's father was very angry with him for playing with others all day long. He scolded him for not studying hard and beat him hard. But the parents didn't have time to take care of them seriously, and the children continued to mix together. In this way, in that special period, children grew up in chaos.