An elephant sitting still / a film by Hu Bo ; director, screenwriter and editor, Hu Bo.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. IMDA : NC16 (Some coarse language) Music , Hua Lun; cinematography, Fan Chao ; producer, Wang Xiaoshuai. Zhang Yu, Peng Yuchang, Wang Yuwen, Li Congxi. Mandarin dialogue; English subtitles.
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An elephant sitting still / a film by Hu Bo ; director, screenwriter and editor, Hu Bo.
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Hu, Qian, 1988-2017, film director, screenwriter, film editor.
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While protecting his friend from a school bully, sixteen-year-old Wei Bu pushes the bully down a staircase. He later learns that the bully is hospitalized, gravely injured. Wei's neighbor, 60-year-old Wang Jin, decides to join him as does Huang Ling, Wei's classmate. Together, they decide their only hope is to flee town. They board a bus to Manchuria, where it is a rumored that a circus elephant is said to be sitting still, seeming oblivious to pain and tribulations of the world at large.