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A Fool

A Fool

20157.31h 43m

Overview

With his directorial debut actor Chen Jianbin walks in the footsteps of A Touch of Sin, No Man’s Land, and Black Coal, Thin Ice and offers a hard-edged mainland noir where kindness and cruelty, madness and reason, greed and humanity all struggle for dominance and the fool might not be who you think . The hook here is Chen’s amazing performance as the simple, slightly crude Latioazi, a goat farmer who has a son in jail. When a young mentally handicapped man follows him home one day and enters his life, it sets off a blaze and a chain of events follows, which bares China’s class divide raw. His random act of reluctant kindness invites a parade of strangers and grifters all intent on draining Latioazi of what little he has.

Directed by Chen Jianbin
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Chen Jianbin

Chen Jianbin

La Tiaozi

Jiang Qinqin

Jiang Qinqin

Jin Zhizi

Wang Xuebing

Wang Xuebing

Brother Li

Jin Shijia

Jin Shijia

Shao Zi

Xufeng Wang

Xufeng Wang

Li Laosan

About A Fool

A Fool is a adventure, drama, comedy film released in 2015. Directed by Chen Jianbin, it stars Chen Jianbin, Jiang Qinqin, Wang Xuebing. With his directorial debut actor Chen Jianbin walks in the footsteps of A Touch of Sin, No Man’s Land, and Black Coal, Thin Ice and offers a hard-edged mainland noir where kindness and cruelty, madness and reason, greed and humanity all struggle for dominance and the fool might not be who you think . The hook here is Chen’s amazing performance as the simple, slightly crude Latioazi, a goat farmer who has a son in jail. When a young mentally handicapped man follows him home one day and enters his life, it sets off a blaze and a chain of events follows, which bares China’s class divide raw. His random act of reluctant kindness invites a parade of strangers and grifters all intent on draining Latioazi of what little he has.

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