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The Children of Huang Shi

2008 · 125 min

A sweeping, sobering journey through wartime hardship that slowly turns into a story of quiet courage and makeshift family.

Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat
Tagline
War made them orphans, one man made them legends
Overview
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

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Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • found family
  • parenthood
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Written by
Simon van der Borgh, Jane Hawksley, James MacManus
Starring
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Anastasia Kolpakova, Michelle Yeoh, Zhou Bo, Guang Li, Ji Lin
Music
David Hirschfelder
Cinematography
Zhao Xiaoding
Runtime
125 min
Country
Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, United States of America
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin, English

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