Film

Chicken Poets

2002 · 1h 34m · Drama

IMDb

7.4

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.

Qin Hailu

Fangfang

Liao Fan

Chen Xiaoyang

Chen Jianbin

Ouyang Yunfei

Li Naiwen

Tang Xu

Huang Mao

Wu Yue

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• Jing Hui MengDirector
• 廖一梅Writer
• Yu DongExecutive Producer
• Cao YuDirector of Photography
• Kong JinleiEditor

Release date

April 1, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama