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.
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Feng Xiaogang
Ma Linsheng
Known for
Hachiko
Mr. Six
Xiaopei Hu
Ma Che, His Son
No other roles listed
Xu Fan
Qi Huaiyuan
Known for
Aftershock
Back to 1942
Liu Bei
Known for
The Dream Factory
Qin Yan
Known for
The Knockout
Hero
Ye Jing
Known for
The Dream Factory
Yuan Yuan
Also in
Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
Shadow of a Ghost
Yao Er-ga
Known for
Red Sorghum
In the Heat of the Sun
Wang Shuo Director · Feng Xiaogang Writer Shi Wanchun Composer
First release August 11, 2000 · Produced in China · Production Beijing Good Dreams, Beijing Shanhe Yingshi Yishu See
Production
Beijing Film Studio
Production
Beijing Good Dreams
Production
Beijing Shanhe Yingshi Yishu See
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China
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Original title
我是你爸爸
Original language
Chinese
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Chinese
Release dates
Switzerland · August 11, 2000
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No release date listed for United States.
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