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The Sun

Documentary3m

🍅92%

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92%

Tomatometer

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78%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

Compiled and animated from still images.

Trailers

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Official Trailer

Details

DirectorPeter Bo Rappmund

ReleasedJan 1, 2018

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Certainly not for the impatient, Aleksandr Sokurov's deliberately paced look at Hirohito in the waning days of World War II is both enlightening and admirable in its restraint.”

92% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Wesley Morris

RTBoston GlobeApr 1, 2010

Working from Yuri Arabov and Jeremy Noble's script, Sokurov has a wonderful time not simply with Hirohito and history, but with his filmmaking, which can be oblique to the point of being stultifying. Here he plays with scale.

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Walter V. Addiego

RTSan Francisco ChronicleMar 25, 2010

Alexander Sokurov's The Sun demands and rewards patience.

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Nick Schager

RTLessons of DarknessDec 7, 2009

Finds beauty, madness and outright bizarreness in the sight of a lost, slightly freakish man attempting to understand his altering reality.

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Richard Propes

RTTheIndependentCritic.comSep 24, 2020

A brilliant film.

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Information

Title

The Sun

Released

Jan 1, 2018

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

3m

Status

Released

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