The Old Fox

Set in late 1980s Taiwan amidst a booming stock market and rapid societal transformation, 'The Old Fox' follows a young boy named Liao Jie and his hardworking father as they struggle to buy their own home. Their paths cross with a cunning, ruthless landlord known as the 'Old Fox,' who manipulates economic conditions for personal gain and tries to impart his cold-hearted philosophy of survival to the impressionable boy. The film explores moral compromise, generational trauma, and the stark choices ordinary people face when wealth and greed dominate the social landscape.