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Original title

Baba (Father)

Year

2000

Running time

96 min.

Country

China

Director

Wang Shuo

Screenwriter

Feng Xiaogang. Novel: Wang Shuo

Cast

Music

Wanchun Shi

Cinematography

Xiaoxiong Yang

Producer

Beijing Film Studio, Beijing Good Dreams, Beijing Shanhe Yingshi Yishu

Genre

Drama. Comedy

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.

Awards: 2000: Locarno International Film Festival: 4 awards, incl. Golden Leopard (Best Film)

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Father

2000

Wang Shuo