Drama · China · 1987 · 1h 47m

King of the Children

孩子王

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Director
Chen Kaige
Cast
Xie Yuan as Lao Gar Xuewen Yang as Wang Fu Shaohua Chen as Headmaster Chen Caimei Zhang as Laidi Xu Guoqing as Lao Hei Gu Changwei as Secretary Wu
Crew
Gu Changwei — Director of Photography Miaomiao Liu — Editor Qu Xiaosong — Original Music Composer Tian Zhuangzhuang — Original Music Composer Chen Kaige — Writer He Jianjun — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Chen Kaige Director Gu Changwei Director of Photography Miaomiao Liu Editor Qu Xiaosong Original Music Composer Tian Zhuangzhuang Original Music Composer Chen Kaige Writer He Jianjun Writer Zhong A-Cheng Novel
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