Chicken Poets

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 1, 2002

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Cast

Qin Hailu,Liao Fan,Tang Xu,Wu Yue,Chen Jianbin,Li Naiwen

Director

Jing Hui Meng

Writer

廖一梅

Producer

Yu Dong

Cinematography

Cao Yu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0329775