Road to Dawn (2007)
- Original title
- 夜·明
- Directed by
- Sung Kee Chiu
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows Sun Yat-sen during a few months in 1910 when he hides in Penang. He reorganizes his political party and plans an uprising in Guangzhou.
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What happens
Road to Dawn (Chinese: 夜。明; pinyin: Yè míng; lit. 'night', 'dawn') is a 2007 Chinese historical film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Derek Chiu. The film depicts an obscure episode in Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary life, when he sought refuge in Penang from July to December 1910. He relocated the Southeast Asian headquarters of his political party, the Tongmenghui, to Penang and convened the Penang Conference to stage the Second Guangzhou Uprising. The film is also called Before The Sunrise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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