
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.
Cast
Crew

Chen Kaige
Director, Writer

He Jianjun
Writer
Zhong A-Cheng
Novel

Miaomiao Liu
Editor, Sound Editor

Gu Changwei
Director of Photography

Qiang Xiaolu
Assistant Director

Wu Tianming
Executive Producer
Shaohua Chen
Production Designer, Art Direction
Hong An
Makeup Artist
Tao Jing
Sound Designer
Gu Changning
Sound Supervisor
Qu Xiaosong
Original Music Composer

Tian Zhuangzhuang
Original Music Composer
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