King of the Children

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Audience Score
69
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NR 1 hr 47 minDrama
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.
StarringXie YuanXuewen YangShaohua Chen
DirectorChen Kaige
WritersHe JianjunChen Kaige

Movie Details

Original Language:Chinese
Executive Producers:Wu Tianming
Production Companies:Xi'an Film Studio