AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL
Original version in Mandarin: AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILLSubtitled in English
Directed by Hu Bo
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CHINA | 230 minutes | 2018
A classroom scuffle gone sideways changes the destiny of four protagonists who, longing for escape, become obsessed with the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli. There, as legend has it, an elephant simply sits, indifferent to the world’s woes. Fleeing family strife or emotional torment, each bears his or her own individual burden. A profoundly dysphoric ensemble piece, An Elephant Sitting Still probes its characters’ inner lives through virtuoso camera work, including lengthy Steadicam shots. Sadly, director Hu Bo, aged just 29, took his own life in October 2017 after completing what was to be his first and last feature. The FNC pays posthumous tribute to an astonishingly accomplished work of great sensitivity.
Best First Feature Award Special Mention, FIPRESCI Prize - Berlin International Film Festival
Programs
Sunday October 7, 2018
Program #10513:15
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 17
Sunday October 14, 2018
Program #29013:15
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 17
Hu Bo
No biography
An Elephant Sitting Still - 2018
distribution and credits
- Editing Bo Hu
- Sound mixing Yiming Ren
- Cinematographer Chao Fan
- Screenplay Bo Hu
- Cast Wang Yu-Wen, Zhang Yu, Peng Yuchang
- Sound desgin Ruizhou Bai
contact
- KimStim
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