---
title: 'The Eleventh Child (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dai Sijie'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
countries:
  - 'Vietnam'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eleventh-child-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169080/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Eleventh Child (1998)

1998 · 91 min · Vietnam


## Synopsis

The Eleventh Child is a drama film, directed by Dai Sijie and released in 1998. A coproduction of companies from Vietnam, France and Canada, the film stars Akihiro Nishida as Tang, a Vietnamese man who returns to his hometown upon learning that his brother is ill with leprosy. Community folklore holds when a family from the area gives birth to five sons and five daughters, they will gain the power to kill a large fish in the nearby lake whose flesh can cure the disease; Tang already has five sons and four daughters and his wife is pregnant once more, meaning that he may become the one who can fulfill the community's dreams.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dai Sijie](https://cinepixo.com/people/dai-sijie)
- **Screenplay:** [Dai Sijie](https://cinepixo.com/people/dai-sijie)

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