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Moviola > Films > The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi () 114 minsBased on real events, The Children of Huang Shi is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930’s. The film centers on a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an American nurse (Radha Mitchell, Finding Neverland) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage. "From the moment I read the screenplay about George Hogg in China and his untimely death, I knew it was a story that I wanted to tell. Eight years followed as the script was developed and the cast and Chinese crew assembled. We spent six extraordinary months exploring China to find locations and then late in 2006 we started filming. At the same time we were finding many of the ‘children’ whom Hogg had rescued. They all remember him with profound love and devotion and seem to recall so much about the man who saved them all those years ago." Roger Spottiswoode, Director "The terrific cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding photographs dust devils and bullets as carefully as the luminous face of Michelle Yeoh, whose role as an enterprising war widow adds political nuance to a determinedly apolitical script." New York Times
Last modified: 11-Aug-2009 |
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