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

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:37 Madrugo ...
00:06:24 - It does not matter. Come on. - It does not matter.
00:09:54 I could give music lessons.
00:17:01 What fortune're talking about!
00:22:20 We have manuals.
00:32:20 it is simple.
00:36:02 You said you knew teach.
00:40:34 Son of old Wang!
00:44:04 In the squad there is a lot of fuss.
00:46:23 Incluyéndome a mi.
00:48:36 How?
00:52:09 That!
00:58:13 A play all!
01:00:47 I took the bag.
01:02:19 and then you write about it.
01:06:24 We'll go to work. Do not think about that.
01:09:01 What do you write?
01:15:17 I'll gift.
01:20:33 in the temple there was a monk who told a story.
01:22:03 in the temple there was a monk who told a story.
01:25:10 I will copy also.
01:32:03 - Do you want a cigarette? - No.
01:36:10 They are stubborn animals.
01:39:20 alborotes not.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed799
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:00:37
Final line01:39:20

Production Record

DirectorChen Kaige
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes693