King of the Children
1987, Chinese. Directed by Chen Kaige.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 May 1987
- Original title
- 孩子王
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Chen Kaige, He Jianjun
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King of the Children runs 107 minutes (1h 47m).
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Who directed King of the Children?
King of the Children (1987) was directed by Chen Kaige and stars Xie Yuan, Xuewen Yang, Shaohua Chen.