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Name: An Elephant Sitting Still
Director: Hu Bo
Released: 2018-01-01
Rating: 7.7

2018·230 min·Dir. Hu Bo·★ 7.8

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In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

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