Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1987
King of the Children
Buy King of the Children now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'King of the Children' is a 1987 drama film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Chen Shaohua. The film was based on a novella of the same name by Ah Cheng. The film competed for the Palme D'Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
A young man is sent to teach at a rural school in a poverty stricken area of Yunnan province.
Cast
* Chen Shaohua
* Xie Yuan
* Yang Xuewen
Reception
'King of the Children' received a highly positive review in 'Time Out', where a reviewer wrote, There are echoes here of a film like 'Padre Padrone', but Chen's film is completely free of flabby humanist sentimentality. [...] By Chinese standards, this is film-making brave to the point of being visionary. By any standards, this follow-up to 'Yellow Earth' and 'The Big Parade' is also something like a masterpiece.
References
Buy King of the Children now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1987