Friday, 7 May 2021

Sunny Sisters

Movie: Sunny Sisters
Chinese Title: 阳光姐妹淘 / Yang Guang Jie Mei Tao

Release Date: June 11, 2021

Genre: Comedy
Language: Mandarin
Director: Bao Beier
Screenwriter: A Mei, Song Chengwei
Production Company: Enlight Pictures
Origin: China
Source: A Chinese remake of the South Korean film Sunny

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

The "Sunny Sisters" are a group of seven friends from high school who reunite after 24 years upon learning that their leader has been diagnosed with cancer. The girls from yonder days are facing troubles of their own, yet along the way, they reexamine their lives to regain their confidence and youth through each other's companionship.

Full-time housewife Zhang Lijun (Yin Tao) ran into her high school friend Lin Qing (Zeng Li) at the hospital. After learning that Lin Qing is terminally ill, Zhang Lijun decides to help fulfill her last wish to reunite the group called "Sunny Sisters" that the two were a part of during high school. When everyone meets again, the ladies who were once carefree are facing the harsh realities of life from dealing with a cheating husband, career troubles to rebellious kids. They can't help but miss those precious moments from their youths and the earnest sisterhood.

Fun Facts

Filming wrapped in Fuzhou on June 28, 2020.
It is the latest remake of the 2011 South Korean film Sunny. Previous remakes include the 2018 Vietnamese film Tháng Năm Rực Rỡ (Go Go Sisters), the 2018 Japanese film Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together and the 2019 Indonesian film Bebas (Glorious Days).

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