Old Stone (2016)
- Original title
- 老石
- Directed by
- Johnny Ma
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A cab driver in China hits a motorcyclist and tries to do the right thing. He gets trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare where the law punishes helping more than leaving someone to die.
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What happens
Old Stone (Chinese: 老石; pinyin: Lǎo Shí) is a 2016 Chinese-Canadian drama film directed by Johnny Ma. It was selected to be screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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