1987 · 1h 47m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Chen Kaige
Writers: Chen Kaige, Zhong A-Cheng, He Jianjun
Music by: Qu Xiaosong, Tian Zhuangzhuang
Cinematography: Gu Changwei
Editor: Miaomiao Liu