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Successor

2024 · 133 min

A warm, funny, and sometimes absurd look at parenting and privilege that keeps you engaged with its elaborate deception and heartfelt moments.

Directed by
Peng Damo, Yan Fei
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Shen Teng, Ma Li, Shi Pengyuan
Overview
Ma Chenggang, a wealthy man in Xihong City, worries that his eldest son is too spoiled to succeed him. Determined to raise a capable successor, he takes an unconventional approach. They conceal their wealth, moving the family to a dilapidated neighborhood, and maintain an illusion of poverty, so that his son could develop qualities such as hard work, knowledge, careful budgeting, physical fitness, and perseverance.

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Directed by
Peng Damo, Yan Fei
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Shen Teng, Ma Li, Shi Pengyuan
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Peng Damo, Yan Fei
Written by
Lin Bingbao, Yan Fei, Peng Damo
Starring
Shen Teng, Ma Li, Shi Pengyuan, Sa Rina, Xiao Bochen, Zhang Zidong, Jackie Li, Wei Xiang
Music
Fei Peng
Cinematography
Sun Ming
Runtime
133 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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