King of the Children
孩子王
1987 · 1h 47m · Drama · China
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.
Directed by
Chen KaigeBased on the novel by
Zhong A-Cheng6.3Smart score
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