Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Writers
- He Jianjun, Chen Kaige
- Release Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 107 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- ZH
- Country
- China
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (26 votes)
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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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