• Director(s)

    Hongjie Dong

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Release date

    02/05/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    125m

  • Cast

    Zifeng Zhang, Wang Jingchun, Xiaochuan Li

Film

New Life

bereavement theme, mild bad language

The life of a grieving daughter and her father is interrupted when they take in a stray dog in this Mandarin-language drama.…

The life of a grieving daughter and her father is interrupted when they take in a stray dog in this Mandarin-language drama.

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threat and horror

language

sex

rude humour

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

theme

violence

  • Director(s)

    Hongjie Dong

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Release date

    02/05/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    125m

  • Cast

    Zifeng Zhang, Wang Jingchun, Xiaochuan Li

bereavement theme, mild bad language
Classified Date:
12/06/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Lean In Media Limited
threat and horror
A father goes missing and is feared to have been injured in the woods; however, the situation is soon resolved reassuringly. There are also scenes in which a dog lashes out in fear, but no one is seriously injured.
language
Bad language includes 'ass', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
It's comically implied that a dog has romantic feelings for another dog.
rude humour
There are visual and verbal references to the toilet habits of a dog.
injury detail
A patch of blood appears on a blanket underneath an unwell dog. A man's ankle is twisted and later appears in a bandage.
alcohol and smoking
A father seemingly addicted to alcohol is drunk in some scenes.
theme
A father and daughter grieve a tragic loss; flashbacks depict a woman suffering from a terminal illness. In other, sometimes sustained upsetting scenes, the father and daughter care for their sick pet dog.

  • Classified date

    12/06/2025