Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: KS2189BD
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 698452218946
- Street Date: 07/09/24
- PreBook Date: 06/04/24
- Label: KimStim »
- Genre: Drama
- Run Time: 234 mins
- Number of Discs: 0
- Audio: 5.1 SURROUND
- Year of Production: 2018
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US
- Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Yu Zhang as Yu Cheng
- Uvin Wang as Huang Ling
- Yuchang Peng as Wei Bu
- Zi Xi as Wang Jin
- Director: Bo Hu
Product Assets
An Elephant Sitting Still
Under the gloomy sky of a small town in northern China, different protagonists' lives are intertwined in this furious tale of nihilistic rage.
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One of the most acclaimed feature debuts of the last decade, the first and, tragically, last film from Hu Bo, who took his own life at the age of twenty-nine, is a tour de force of existential fury and transcendent catharsis. Set under the gray skies of China's industrial north, AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL traces the intertwining lives of a band of dispossessed souls who come together on a pilgrimage toward a city in Manchuria where a circus elephant is rumored to be sitting still, seemingly oblivious to the pain and tribulations of the world at large. Composed in a series of bravura tracking shots, this profoundly felt epic gathers an overwhelming emotional power as it moves toward its soul-shattering climax.
Media
Bonus Materials
- Man in the Well, a short film by Hu Bo (16min, Mandarin with English Subs)
Sales Points
- Winner of 18 Awards and 40 more nominations, including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay
- Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a near-perfect score of 94% on the tomatometer
Press Quotes
[Hu] has given us a triumph of bold sociopolitical critique and intimate human portraiture, and a reminder that you rarely encounter the one without the other
—Justin Chang, LA Times
This is a film of extraordinary beauty, invention, and grace
—Jonathan Romney, Film Comment
