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The Hutong Cowboy

2024

A rueful, gently funny character study about pride and middle age, watching a man try to rebuild dignity and finding it slip away.

Directed by
Ning Hao
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Ge You, Li Xueqin, Yang Haoyu
Overview
Zhang Beijing loss his face at his son’s engagement party. After that he refunds the sense of purpose by helping Liu Angxi, a screenwriter of the Beidiao Neighbour's talk show. However, he was pushed into the limelight after being used as material by Liu Angxi, and their friendship broke down

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Directed by
Ning Hao
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Ge You, Li Xueqin, Yang Haoyu
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • aging
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Ning Hao
Written by
Wang Ang, Liu Xiaodan
Starring
Ge You, Li Xueqin, Yang Haoyu, Sang Ping, Liu Mintao, Wei Xiao, Lv Xing, Leo Wu
Cinematography
Zhiyuan Chengma
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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