An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)

Director: Hu Bo

Runtime: 234 mins

Country: China

Language: Mandarin with English subtitles

Rating: NC16

Awards

Forum – FIPRESCI Prize, GWFF Best First Feature Award (Special Mention)

Berlin International Film Festival 2018

Best Feature Film, Best Adapted Screenplay

Golden Horse Awards

Best Asian Chinese Language Film

39th Hong Kong Film Awards

Synopsis

Four people. Four stories. One desolate city. An elephant sitting still.

A teenager fleeing retaliation, an elderly man abandoned by his family, a student caught in a scandal, and a man burdened by guilt. Four individuals long to escape a city that offers little hope in search of a legendary elephant that never moves. Hu Bo’s debut feature became his final work. The world he envisions is a wasteland, where people are trapped in cycles of despair, powerless to change their circumstances. Through its unbroken long takes and deliberate pacing, the film stretches time, immersing audiences in its characters’ suffering and helplessness. The film compels a confrontation of the structural conditions that perpetuate despair and the quiet violence of daily existence.

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