

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, He Jianjun
Release Date
May 1, 1987
Runtime
1h 47m
Status
Released
Original Language
zh
Vote Count
24
Xi'an Film Studio