Set in the city of Chongqing in central China, Crazy Stone begins when a priceless jade pendant is discovered in the rubble of a rundown factory owned by soon-to-bankrupt factory boss Xie. Under mounting pressure to sell his factory site to a Hong Kong developer with underworld ties, Xie decides to hold an exhibition at a local temple to showcase and promote his extraordinary find. And to protect his interests, Xie hires the ex-cop Bao Shihong to handle security during the exhibition.
Naturally, a host of competing interests and queer characters soon come into play, all hatching schemes to snatch the priceless…

Screenplay Ning Hao
Photography (colour) Du Jie
Music Funky Sueyoshi, Yuan Yi
Sound Wang Yanwei
Cast Guo Tao, Liu Hua, Teddy Lin, Huang Bo, Yue Xiaojun, Xu Zheng, Wang Jianing
Production Focus Films Ldt., Daniel Yu, Zhou Lin, Han Sanping
Year of production 2006
Running time 100’
Format HD/35mm

Ning Hao

Ning Hao was born in Shanxi in 1977. His student film at the Photography Department at Beijing Film Academy Thursday, Wednesday (2001) won several awards at Chinese student film festivals. His debut feature Incense (2003) premiered at Locarno, won the Grand Prize at Tokyo Filmex and the Gold Prize in the Asian DV Competition at Hong Kong IFF. It was also awarded as Best Film of 2004 by HK Arts Centre and shown in official selection at seven international festivals, namely San Sebastian, Vancouver, Munich, Vienna, Sydney, California and Taiwan South Film Festival. His latest film Mongolian Ping Pong (2004) was selected for Berlin and Hong Kong and will be in competition in Shanghai IFF.