Father (2000)

  • NR
  • 08/11/2000 (CH)
  • Drama
  • 1h 36m

Overview

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.

Feng Xiaogang

Writer

Wang Shuo

Director, Writer, Novel

Cast

Feng Xiaogang's headshot

Feng Xiaogang

Ma Linsheng
Xiaopei Hu's headshot

Xiaopei Hu

Ma Che, His Son
Xu Fan's headshot

Xu Fan

Qi Huaiyuan
Liu Bei's headshot

Liu Bei

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