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The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

Year of U.S. Release: 2008

Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Guang Li .
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Screenwriter(s): Jane Hawksley, James MacManus
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre(s): Drama
Runtime: 1 hr. 54 min.
U.S. Release Date: May 23, 2008 (Limited)
Rated Restricted for some disturbing and violent content.
arrowPlot Summary:
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.
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