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A Different Sun
58%
Movie
1h 29m
AI Analysis
A Different Sun (2017) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of A Different Sun (2017) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A Chinese family struggles to acclimate to a new culture after immigrating to Germany from Shanghai. Eastern and Western culture clash as the husband, wife and daughter all struggle in their own ways in their strange new home. The family tears itself apart before triumphing over adversity and finding their place in … Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate A Different Sun 58% (4 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
58%
from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A Chinese family struggles to acclimate to a new culture after immigrating to Germany from Shanghai. Eastern and Western culture clash as the husband, wife and daughter all struggle in their own ways in their strange new home. The family tears itself apart before triumphing over adversity and finding their place in the community.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2017-06-01
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 395796
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What is A Different Sun about?
A Chinese family struggles to acclimate to a new culture after immigrating to Germany from Shanghai. Eastern and Western culture clash as the husband, wife and daughter all struggle in their own wa... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for A Different Sun?
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How long is the movie A Different Sun?
The official runtime for A Different Sun is approximately 89 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Ashley Gerasimovich
Nina
Chin Han
Zu Qing
Danni Wang
Lily
Christopher J. Domig
Steffen
Adam Harrington
Wolfgang Bierman
Taso Mikroulis
Greek Student
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Sara Harman
German Student and Parent
Lorenzo Beronilla
Shanghai Businessman
- F
Frank van Putten
Principal Dorff
- C
Cliff Ferraro
man waiting for the Bus / and a parent
David Schallipp
Nicky
- O
Oliver Henzler
Kors
Jing Xu
Alex Webb
Tim
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