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The Kite
Based on the novel The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Developed with BBC Films and the UK Film Council.
Screenplay by Kevin Hood.
Young Haoyou is offered a chance to escape his family's poverty by becoming a kite rider in the Jade Circus. Strapped to a scarlet-and-gold kite, he is launched into the sky, earning money, freedom, and unexpected fame. Then he is summoned to appear before Kublai Khan himself. A story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic world of thirteenth-century China.