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  1. An Elephant Sitting Still (Chinese: 大象席地而坐; pinyin: Dà Xiàng Xídì Érzuò) is a 2018 Chinese drama film written, directed and edited by Hu Bo.

  2. Mar 8, 2019 · A long and suspenseful day in a northern Chinese city, where four people's lives intersect and collide. The film explores themes of violence, alienation, and escape, and was the only feature film by director Bo Hu, who committed suicide after its release.

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    • Crime, Drama
    • Bo Hu
    • 2019-03-08
  3. A grim and poignant portrait of life in modern China by director Hu Bo, who died shortly after its release. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and rent or buy the movie on Prime Video.

    • (51)
    • Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Congxi Li
    • Hu Bo
    • Drama
  4. Aug 21, 2018 · Over the course of a single, suspenseful day, the troubled lives of four desperate people unfold in this resonant film about the human condition director Hu Bo’s first and, tragically, final ...

    • 2 min
    • 193.9K
    • TIFF Trailers
  5. Mar 8, 2019 · In a convergence of destinies, the characters are drawn to the city of Manzhouli and the influence of a mythical elephant. If cinema’s central identity is tied to capturing time, “An Elephant Sitting Still” captures the drudgery of time once its spiritual significance has been lost.

  6. Mar 8, 2019 · A four-hour anti-drama about four wayward souls in a hopeless nation, adapted from the late filmmaker's novels. The film explores the themes of survival, despair, and indifference through a fractured structure and a mysterious metaphor of an elephant.

  7. An Elephant Sitting Still is a major work of 2018, a treatise on the despair of living. This story of intersecting characters slowly tightens itself around four nihilistic lost souls.