The Hutong Cowboy

The Hutong Cowboy (2024) is a Chinese comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. It centers on Zhang Beijing, an aging man from the capital's old alleyways, played by veteran star Ge You.

At his own son's engagement party, Zhang humiliates himself in front of everyone. To win back a sense of purpose, he starts helping Liu Angxi, a screenwriter who hosts a talk show about the "Beidiao" — the out-of-towners scraping by in Beijing. The trouble is that Liu mines Zhang's everyday troubles for material and shoves him into the spotlight. Fame arrives; the friendship falls apart. Directed by Ning Hao, one of the sharpest voices in homegrown Chinese comedy. Stream The Hutong Cowboy (2024) online on iFILM.