An Elephant Sitting Still

The first and only film by Chinese director Hu Bo. Released after his death and widely successful in several international cinema festivals, the film tells the story of four people living a complicated life. The fight betweetn tho pupils in a high school will mean the beginning of the adventure Bu, Cheng, Ling and Jin will embark on. Three youngsters and a grandfather who live in a big and grey city, victims of the social and family violence and individualism.

The four of them share the same interest and goal: run away towards Manzhouli, a city in the north of China where, it's said, the circus show an elephant sitting for hours, totally still, serene, passive and indifferent to what happens in the rest of the world.