King of the Children
An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.
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King of the Children
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
May 1, 1987
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama
User Score
70%
Original Title
孩子王
Production Companies
Xi'an Film Studio
Director
Chen Kaige
Description
An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.
