King of the Children
1987 · Movie · 106 min. · China
In "King of the Children," the tale of a young man, exiled during the Cultural Revolution to Yunnan and chosen (despite his own minimal education) to teach a class of semi-literate peasant children who are accustomed to learning by memory only, (without intelligent understanding and assimilation) becomes a quiet but heartfelt portrait of the development of individual consciousness in a land suppressed by economic, cultural and social poverty…
Direction Chen Kaige
Cast Xie Yuan · Yang Xuewen · Chen Shaohua · Zhang Caimei · Xu Guoqing · Le Gang · Tuo Tan · Gu Changwei · Wu Xia · Liu Haichen · Qiang Xiaolu · Bo Gao · He Jianjun
Soundtrack Tian Zhuangzhuang
Screenplay Chen Kaige · He Jianjun · A. Cheng
Cinematography Gu Changwei
Original title Hai zi Wang (King of the Children)
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