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The Children of Huang Shi

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The Children of Huang Shi
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R,2hrs 5min
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May 23, 2008
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Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: As China is ravaged by war in the late '30s, a young English journalist named George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) leads 60 orphans over the Liu Pan Shan mountains and into the safety of the Mongolian desert. Joining the journalist and the children on their arduous journey are an American nurse (Radha Mitchell) and the fearless leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun-Fat). The journey won't be easy, but as they boldly forge forward through snow-covered mountains and unforgiving desert, they learn ... Full Synopsis
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What ought to be the pinnacle of the story - the orphans' odds-defying 500-mile march over snow-covered mountains toward the relative safety of the Mongolian desert - is shunted toward the end of the film and compressed to a near-footnote. Full Review
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Featured Cast
Lee Pierson
Madame Wang
Jack Chen
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Radha Mitchell, left, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures...
Chow Yun-Fat in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, center, in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michelle Yeoh in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, left, and Chow Yun-Fat in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, left, and Chow Yun-Fat in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "The Children of Huang Shi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
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