King of the Children (1987)
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.
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In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
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Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
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