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Movie Info

An aging Erdosian businessman's children take him to court when he takes the money that has been raised for his wife's surgery.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Chinese
Director:

Ziyang Zhou
Producer:

Xuan Liu, Xiaoshuai Wang
Writer:

Ziyang Zhou
Runtime:

1h 48m
Production Co:

Scenefone Film Equipment Rental, Glowing Peak Entertainment, Beijing Daqiao Tangren Entertainment Co., FangJin Visual Media Culture Communication (Beijing) Co., Dongchun Films, Having Me Films

Cast & Crew

Tumen
Lao Yang

Chaobei Wang
Yang Bing

Danna Yi
Wang Lixia

Mingshuo Wang
Yang Mei

Feng Su
Liang Guodong

Wula Alateng
Lu Busen

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Critic Reviews for Old Beast

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (6)

Social realism is delivered with an impressively tough edge in "Old Beast," a compelling portrait of a selfish father whose reprehensible behavior drives his adult children to take drastic action.

November 3, 2017 | Full Review…

Richard Kuipers
Variety
Armed with some gritty mise-en-scene, riveting camerawork and a gripping turn by veteran Tu Men in the leading role, Zhou Ziyang's first feature offers an engaging portrait of dreary, disoriented lives in a provincial Chinese city.

October 24, 2017 | Full Review…

Clarence Tsui
Hollywood Reporter
"Old Beast" is a great film that highlights the director's knowledge of the place he grew up at and Tu Men's performance, as it presents a combination of entertainment and meaningfulness through a number of points but quite realistic social remarks.

November 30, 2019 | Full Review…

Panos Kotzathanasis
Asian Movie Pulse
Though a little too crude to work as powerfully as it might in dramatic terms, Old Beast is nevertheless an important film, and a bold one to make considering the politics of state funders and censors.

February 28, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
Zhou's screenplay perfectly captures the frustrations of the new generation, but fails to make them any more sympathetic than their transparently detestable father.

December 20, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

James Marsh
South China Morning Post
In a film that doesn't shy away from depicting harsh truths, Zhou lets the drama unravel without any overt histrionics; never playing the situation for easy tears or cathartic laughs.

October 30, 2017 | Full Review…

Sarah Ward
Screen International