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The Children of Huang Shi Details

2008 Certificate TBC
  • Rated:
  • 70
  • from 24 members

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 .. Read more

Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh
Director Roger Spottiswoode
Genres Drama

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The Children of Huang Shi

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.

Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Guang Li, Lin Ji, Matt Walker, Anastasia Kolpakova, Ping Su, Imai Hideaki
Director Roger Spottiswoode
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins
Certificate Certificate TBC
Genres Drama
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 2008
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of

    Both a musty throwback and a mushy example of contemporary knee-jerk humanism, Roger Spottiswoodes derring-do... read more on Time Out

    • David Fear, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 5 stars

    terrific

    This is a terrific film - well acted, scripted and set. It brings home the true horror of the long forgotten Japanese occupation of China in the late 30's but with an inspirational story of how 60 orphans' lives were saved and ultimately transformed. That the story is based on real life is remarkable. I hadn't heard of the film til I saw it last week. Essential viewing!

      • A customer from Hertfordshire, UK
      • Posted 21 Oct 2008 18:01

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      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 ...