King of the Children
6.9
22 Reviews
1987
1h 47min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
May 1987
Runtime
1h 47min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Mandarin
Production
Xi'an Film Studio
Cast
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