The Children of Huang Shi (R)
synopsis
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.
details
Drama
2 hr. 5 min.
Opened May 23rd, 2008
MovieGoer Review
So much for just reporting the news. This conventionally told but nonetheless heartfelt historical drama recounts the true-life Herculean efforts of a British journalist to save a school of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese Wa... MORE
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synopsis
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.
details
Drama
2 hr. 5 min.
Opened May 23rd, 2008
MovieGoer Review
So much for just reporting the news. This conventionally told but nonetheless heartfelt historical drama recounts the true-life Herculean efforts of a British journalist to save a school of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese Wa... MORE