Summary
A Chinese taxi driver, Lao Shi, finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare where no good deed goes unpunished. The story follows the repercussions of a car accident in a society where life is cheap and compassion is ruinously expensive. When a drunken passenger causes him to hit a motorcyclist , the driver stops to help the injured man. No police or ambulance arrives, forcing him to drive the victim to the hospital. The repercussions of Shi's selfless act expose a society rife with bone-chilling callousness and bureaucratic indifference.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Taxicab drivers
-- Drama.
Traffic accidents -- Drama. Manipulative behavior -- Drama. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films. |
| Publisher | New York, New York :2018 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Lao shi |
| Contributors |
Wu, Xianjian,
film producer. Ma, Johnny, screenwriter, film director. Gang, Chen, actor. Nai, An, 1965- actor. Wang, Hongwei, 1969- actor. Zhang, Zebin, actor. Sanders, Lee , composer. C2M Media, presenter. Shanghai Junrui Cultural Communication Co., Ltd, presenter. Maktub Films, production company. Zeitgeist Films, publisher. Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor. |
| Participants/Performers |
Gang Chen, Nai An, Wang Hongwei, Zhang Zebin. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Ming Kai Leung ; editor, Mike Long ; music by Lee Sanders. |
| Language |
Chinese English In Mandarin with English subtitles. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. Bonus features: behind the scenes footage; deleted scenes; "Grand Canal" a short film by Johnny Ma; trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |