Father (2000)
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
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Feng Xiaogang as Ma Linsheng |
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Xiaopei Hu as Ma Che, His Son |
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Xu Fan as Qi Huaiyuan |
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Liu Bei as |
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Qin Yan as |
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Ye Jing as |
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Yuan Yuan as |
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Yao Er-ga as |
| Writing | Feng Xiaogang | Writer |
| Directing | Wang Shuo | Director |
| Writing | Wang Shuo | Writer |
| Production | Weijing Wang | Producer |
| Editing | Zhou Ying | Editor |
| Production | Han Sanping | Producer |
| Writing | Wang Shuo | Novel |
| Camera | Xiaoxiong Yang | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shi Wanchun | Original Music Composer |