Old Well (Chinese: 老井) is a 1987 Chinese film written by Zheng Yi about a village worker's effort of digging a well in his water-starved hometown located in northwest China and his affairs with his old girlfriend. It is produced by Xi'an Film Studio and directed by Wu Tianming, starring Zhang Yimou and Liang Yujin.^[1]

Old Well
DVD cover
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	老井
Simplified Chinese	老井
Literal meaning	old well
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin lǎo jǐng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lou5 zeng2
Directed by	Wu Tianming
Written by	Zheng Yi
Starring	Zhang Yimou Liang Yujin Niu Xingli Lü Liping
Cinematography	Zhang Yimou Chen Wangcai
Music by	Xu Youfu
Release date	1987
Running time	130 min.
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

The film won the 8th Golden Rooster awards for Best Picture, Director, Leading Male Actor, and Supporting Female Actor in 1988. The film also won the Best Feature Film and Leading Male Actor awards at the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival.^[2]

The film is based on the novel of the same name, also written by Zheng Yi, first published in China. It was translated by David Kwan to English and published in 1990 by China Books & Periodicals in the United States.