Father

Father

96 mins | Drama | Aug. 11, 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.

Father

96 mins | Drama | Aug. 11, 2000

Father
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Beijing Film Studio, Beijing Good Dreams, Beijing Shanhe Yingshi Yishu See
Original title 我是你爸爸
Directors Shuo Wang
Writers Feng Xiaogang, Shuo Wang

Cast

Feng Xiaogang

as Ma Linsheng

Xiaopei Hu

as Ma Che, His Son

Xu Fan

as Qi Huaiyuan

Liu Bei

as