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  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi (Chen Gang) to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. When no police or ambulance arrive he drives the victim to the hospital, checks him in and finds himself liable for the man’s medical bills. The repercussions of Shi’s selfless act expose a society rife with bon...

Written By: Johnny Ma

  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Old Stone

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi (Chen Gang) to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. When no police or ambulance arrive he drives the victim to the hospital, checks him in and finds himself liable for the man’s medical bills. The repercussions of Shi’s selfless act expose a society rife with bon...

Written By: Johnny Ma

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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80
Dec 8, 2016
Channeling the style of gritty mainland independent films but without the usual longueurs, the film deftly morphs into a suspense thriller with Dostoevskyan undertones.
By Maggie Lee FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 8, 2016
[A] stunningly assured, darkly gripping first feature.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 8, 2016
While this final segment is the least satisfying, it’s impossible not to be impressed with what Ma accomplishes in the film’s brisk 80 minutes.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 3, 2016
Johnny Ma's Old Stone is a lean, nasty entry in a subgenre that could be termed the bureaucratic noir.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 1, 2016
The ending, while not inapt, also delves into a realm of cinematic overstatement that the movie had up until that time been careful to avoid. While disappointing, it doesn’t wholly mitigate the power of what has come before. This is an engrossing and unnerving film.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 29, 2016
Mr. Ma paints a persuasively bleak scene that could use more psychological and philosophical nuance to go with its painstaking grimness.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
58
Nov 29, 2016
It’s too bad that the movie shifts from having too little juice to having too much, because there are hints of a more compelling middle ground.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Maktub Films
Release Date Nov 30, 2016
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 5 Nominations
Stockholm Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Hong Kong International Film Festival
• 3 Nominations

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