Chicken Poets
2002-04-01 | 94 minutes
Plot Summary
Yun Fei, a young poet, seeks the advice of an old university friend who lives in the Beijing suburbs, discovering that his friend has gone into business breeding black chickens. Discouraged about his future as a poet, Yun Fei starts a relationship with a colorblind young girl who encourages him to persevere. But even this new relationship is not enough to inspire him to write. It’s at this point that he buys a pirated record whose magical powers bring him the success he’s longed for. However, sudden fame does not seem to solve everything. The first film of Beijing theatre director Meng Jing Hui, Chicken Poets is an insightful and poetic look at materialism and the younger generation in China.
Cast
Recommendations
-
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
-
Flow
-
Groot's Pursuit
-
Hero
-
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
-
Ama Gloria
-
The Soccer Football Movie
-
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
-
Hero
-
Little Pond in Main Street
-
Flow
-
There Are No Saints
-
Strays
-
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
-
Object: Alimony
-
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
-
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
-
Salem's Lot
-
Meet Me Next Christmas
-
A Million Miles Away