King of the Children

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.

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Release Date

May 1, 1987

Status

Released

Original Title

孩子王

Runtime

1h 47min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Mandarin

Production Companies

Xi'an Film Studio