Mr. Donkey
2016 · Movie · 111 min · ★ 7.5 · 83% critics
A rural village depends on a donkey for water, so it gets creatively listed as a schoolteacher to secure needed support. When outside inspectors arrive, the villagers scramble to keep up the deception, leading to a run of awkward, funny, and increasingly tense situations.
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Details
- Original title
- 驴得水
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-10-28
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (79 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like offbeat rural comedies with social satire and escalating farce, in the spirit of My People, My Homeland or Dead Pigs; Not for you if you dislike absurd setups or awkward humor.
Pros: clever premise; offbeat village humor; social satire | Cons: broad silliness; repetitive hiding gags; uneven tone
Cast & crew
Ren Suxi
as Zhang Yiman
Da Li
as Sun Henghai
Liu Shuailiang
as Zhou Tienan
Bu Guanjin
as Sun Jia
Pei Kuishan
as Pei Kuishan
Han Yanbo
as Commisaire
Alan Aruna
as Coppersmith
Gao Yang
as Special Envoy's Secretary
Yang Yang