Road to Dawn
| Road to Dawn | |
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| Traditional | 夜。明 |
| Simplified | 夜。明 |
| Mandarin | Yè míng |
| Directed by | Derek Chiu |
| Produced by | Wang Jiancheng Zhao Jianguo Xu Jianping Wang Maoliang Song Lequn Liao Shuhui Goh Mai Loon (Malaysia) |
| Written by | Meazi |
| Starring |
Winston Chao Angelica Lee |
| Music by |
Pan Guoxing Su Junjie |
| Cinematography | Chen Chi-ying |
| Edited by | Meazi |
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125 minutes |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | US$2 millions |
Road to Dawn (Chinese: 夜。明; pinyin: Yè míng; literally: "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.
The movie brings together cast and crew from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
The movie revolves around two couples. The historical couple Dr. Sun and Chen Cuifen who express mature love is contrasted with fictional couple Luo Zhaoling and Xu Dan Rong and their youthful romance.
Sun Yat-sen is in exile again after his ninth uprising in China fails in 1910. The Qing government in China has put a price of 700,000 taels of silver on his head. Forced to leave Japan, he goes to British colonial port of Penang to continue his fundraising. He seeks support from opium cartel boss Xu Boheng. Xu's daughter Xu Dan Rong, is engaged to schoolteacher Luo Zhaoling. A covert Qing agent, Luo has been ordered to assassinate Sun, but his rebellious fiancee Xu Dan Rong becomes attracted to Sun's cause. Meanwhile, Sun's long-time companion Chen Cuifen joins him in Penang. Sun learns that his mother has died in China, but cannot pay for her funeral. Sun's friends and followers come to his assistance. Mr. Grant, a British colonial officer pressures Xu to smuggle opium to China and arrange a marriage between Xu Dan Rong and his son Master Grant. Sun intervenes to save Xu and his daughter, and out of gratitude Xu arranges for Sun to speak to prominent members of Penang community. Sun now convenes a secret meeting among the Southeast Asian Tongmenghui members to plan the Second Guangzhou Uprising.
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