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''Old Stone'' () is a 2016 Chinese-Canadian
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directed by
Johnny Ma Johnny Ma (born Ma Nan, in Shanghai) is a Chinese- Canadian film director and screenwriter. 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.


Cast

* Chen Gang as Lao Shi *
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as Mao Mao * Wang Hongwei as Captain * Zhang Zebin as Li Jiang * Lou Xue'er as Xue'er


Awards

The film was named the winner of TIFF's award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. On 7 December 2016, it was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top 10 list. The film garnered five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the
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in 2017, for Best Picture,
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(Chen), Best Original Screenplay (Ma),
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(
Leung Ming-kai Leung Ming-kai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director.Elizabeth Kerr"A MARRIAGE OF ART AND CULTURES: LEUNG MING-KAI AND KATE REILLY" ''Zolima City Mag'', November 19, 2020. He is most noted for the films ''Old Stone'', for which he was a ...
) and
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( Michael Long). It won the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature."Ma's 'Old Stone' gets Canadian academy's Best First Feature award"
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, 2 January 2017.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Stone 2016 films 2016 drama films 2016 thriller films Canadian thriller films Chinese thriller films 2016 directorial debut films Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award-winning films Films directed by Johnny Ma 2010s Mandarin-language films 2010s Canadian films