King of the Children

1987 · 107 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 693 VOTES · DIR. Chen Kaige

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 799 lines

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00:00:37 Madrugo ...
00:06:24 - It does not matter. Come on. - It does not matter.
00:09:57 - Laogan. - ¿Si?
00:17:32 - It's okay. - Yes.
00:22:25 The teacher and the teacher Zhang Li
00:32:36 In a word
00:36:27 I am a novice, although I read a lot of character, ...
00:41:43 Yes, because the students have had the same manager.
00:44:26 What sounds you like to do?
00:46:49 but we examined
00:48:51 Are not I good humming songs?
00:52:31 - And so we can consult. - Watch your words.
00:58:57 the school classroom.
01:01:16 you can know who the character is.
01:02:57 That laughing is good.
01:06:57 To bet?
01:09:55 Needless. They are all smart.
01:15:58 I give you the dictionary.
01:21:00 in the temple there was a monk who told a story.
01:23:22 Is this Wang Fu?
01:28:41 We are going to write
01:34:12 But my father says
01:37:36 How hard is the third course!
01:45:00 in the temple there was a monk who told a story.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed799
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:00:37
Final line01:45:00

Production Record

DirectorChen Kaige
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes693