Old Stone

Old Stone
Film poster
Lao Shi
Directed byJohnny Ma
Written byJohnny Ma
StarringChen Gang
Wang Hongwei
CinematographyLeung Ming Kai
Edited byMichael Long
Release date
  • 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) (Berlin)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesCanada
China
LanguageMandarin

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]

  1. ^ "Berlin Film Review: 'Old Stone'". Variety. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Old Stone". TIFF. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Berlin Film Review: ‘Old Stone’". Variety, 18 February 2016.