This screenplay concerns a young man labouring in the countryside with other exiles from China's cities, who is suddenly assigned to teach in a nearby village school. The script is accompanied by an essay discussing the emergence of the "new wave" of Chinese cinema, placing the films in their social and cultural context and focusing on the directors, writers and cameramen, who have been responsible for this breakthrough in Chinese cinema.

King of the Children: And the New Chinese Cinema

Rayns, Tony

Kaige, Chen

Faber&Faber

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King of the Children: And the New Chinese Cinema