Old Stone
2016 film
- 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) (Berlin)
Running time
China
Old Stone (Chinese: 老石; pinyin: Lǎo Shí) is a 2016 Chinese-Canadian drama film directed by Johnny Ma.[1] It was selected to be screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
The film tells the story of Lao Shi (Chen Gang), a cab driver in China whose life spirals out of control after he hits a motorcyclist, leaving him trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare because Chinese laws effectively criminalize such an accident far more harshly if the driver stops to help the victim than they do if he simply leaves the victim to die.[3]
Cast
- Chen Gang as Lao Shi
- An Nai as Mao Mao
- Wang Hongwei as Captain
- Zhang Zebin as Li Jiang
- Lou Xue'er as Xue'er
Awards
The film was named the winner of TIFF's award for Best Canadian First Feature Film.[4] On 7 December 2016, it was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top 10 list.[5]
The film garnered five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Chen), Best Original Screenplay (Ma), Best Cinematography (Leung Ming Kai) and Best Editing (Michael Long). It won the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature.[6]
References
- ^ "Berlin Film Review: 'Old Stone'". Variety. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Old Stone". TIFF. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Berlin Film Review: ‘Old Stone’". Variety, 18 February 2016.
- ^ "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly. 18 September 2016.
- ^ "'Telling stories that show Canadians who we are:' TIFF unveils top 10 Canadian films of 2016". CBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Ma's 'Old Stone' gets Canadian academy's Best First Feature award". CTV News, 2 January 2017.
External links
- Old Stone at IMDb
- Old Stone at Rotten Tomatoes
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Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature
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