Old Stone

{{short description|2016 film}}

{{about|the 2016 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Old Stone

| image = Old Stone.png

| caption = Film poster

| native_name = Lao Shi

| director = Johnny Ma

| producer =

| writer = Johnny Ma

| starring = Chen Gang
Wang Hongwei

| music =

| cinematography = Leung Ming Kai

| editing = Michael Long

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|2016|2|12|Berlin|df=yes}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = Canada
China

| language = Mandarin

}}

Old Stone ({{zh|c=老石|p=Lǎo Shí}}) is a 2016 Chinese-Canadian drama film directed by Johnny Ma.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/old-stone-review-berlin-film-festival-1201708116/ |title=Berlin Film Review: 'Old Stone' |work=Variety |date=13 September 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}} It was selected to be screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.tiff.net/films/old-stone/ |title=Old Stone |work=TIFF |date=13 September 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}}

The film tells the story of Lao Shi (Chen Gang), a cab driver in China whose life spirals out of control after he hits a motorcyclist, leaving him trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare because Chinese laws effectively criminalize such an accident far more harshly if the driver stops to help the victim than they do if he simply leaves the victim to die.[https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/old-stone-review-berlin-film-festival-1201708116/ "Berlin Film Review: ‘Old Stone’"]. Variety, 18 February 2016.