Chicken Poets (2002)
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.
Director: Meng Jinghui
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Qin Hailu as Fangfang |
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Chen Jianbin as Ouyang Yunfei |
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Liao Fan as Chen Xiaoyang |
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Chen Minghao as Xiao Guo |
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Li Naiwen as |
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Zheng Qianlong as Dr. Hu |
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Wang Jinsong as Salesman |
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Zhou Xun as Salesman |
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Li Hongtao as Cop |
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Ding Xiaohan as Cop |
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Wu Yue as Advertising girl |
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Zhai Xiaoxing as |
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Tang Xu as Huang Mao |
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Tu Songyan as |
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戴明宇 as |
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Wu Xu as Wang Dongxiu |
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Fu Weibo as |
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Hu Ziwei as Host |
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张越 as Host |
| Camera | Cao Yu | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sun Yi’an | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yu Dong | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Kong Jinlei | Editor |
| Writing | 廖一梅 | Writer |
| Directing | Meng Jinghui | Director |
| Production | Meng Jinghui | Producer |
| Production | Zhao Youliang | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Cao Yu | Cinematography |
| Lighting | Kang Xiaotian | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Weiliang Mao | Gaffer |
| Sound | Zhang Yang | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Zhang Yang | Sound |