Father

Story

Synopsis

Father documents the tumultuous relationship between a widowed father, Ma Lisheng, and his school-age son, Ma Che. Though he works as a low-level party functionary during the day, he finds his greatest challenges in the raising of a son on his own. Alternating between trying to bond with his son (even getting drunk with him), and verbally accosting him, Ma is at a loss. One day the son decides that the best way for his father to stop harassing him, will be to find him a new wife, which he finds in the form of the mother of a school friend, Qing Huaiyuan.

Director

Wang Shuo

Writers

Feng Xiaogang, Wang Shuo

Language

Chinese

Country

China

Release date

11 August 2000

Ensemble

Cast

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  Feng Xiaogang

  Ma Linsheng

• Xiaopei Hu

  Ma Che, His Son

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  Xu Fan

  Qi Huaiyuan

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  Liu Bei

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  Qin Yan

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  Ye Jing

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  Yuan Yuan

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  Yao Er-ga