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An Elephant Sitting Still

Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.

Director

Bo Hu

Year

Genre

Box Office

$32,556

Production

N/A

Awards

21 wins & 44 nominations

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Yu Cheng

Wei Bu

Huang Ling

Wang Jin

Dean

Dean's wife

Bu's father

Zhao-Yan Guo-Zhang

Cheng's friend's Mother

White dog's female owner

Jin's son-in-law

Jin's granddaughter

Scapler

Jin's daughter

White dog's male owner

Bu's mother

Li Kai

Bu's uncle

Ling's mother

Cheng's mother

Cheng's friend

Cheng's friend's wife

Billiard Hall Receptionist

Yu Shuai

Restaurant chef

Zhouqiang Zhang

Cheng's lover

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Dean Yu Cheng Wei Bu Wang Jin Huang Ling Jin's Granddaughter

He told me the other day - An Elephant Sitting Still

He told me the other day

There is an elephant in manzhouli - An Elephant Sitting Still

There is an elephant in manzhouli

It sits there all day long - An Elephant Sitting Still

It sits there all day long

Perhaps some people keep stabbing
it with forks - An Elephant Sitting Still

Perhaps some people keep stabbing it with forks

People gather there,
watching it sitting still - An Elephant Sitting Still

People gather there, watching it sitting still

They feed the elephant food - An Elephant Sitting Still

They feed the elephant food

You are stepping on my pants - An Elephant Sitting Still

You are stepping on my pants

I'm closing it now - An Elephant Sitting Still

I'm closing it now

The smell comes
in throught the kitchen window - An Elephant Sitting Still

The smell comes in throught the kitchen window

The dumpster smells better
than your nasty room! - An Elephant Sitting Still

The dumpster smells better than your nasty room!

No idea - An Elephant Sitting Still

Check the cupboard - An Elephant Sitting Still

Check the cupboard

I did not - An Elephant Sitting Still

Go to your grandma's. You're gross - An Elephant Sitting Still

Go to your grandma's. You're gross

You are stinking this place out! - An Elephant Sitting Still

You are stinking this place out!

You're not allowed to burn it here - An Elephant Sitting Still

You're not allowed to burn it here

I don't care. Not in this neighborhood! - An Elephant Sitting Still

I don't care. Not in this neighborhood!

I'm your daddy - An Elephant Sitting Still

Till tonight - An Elephant Sitting Still

Sometimes when you smoke - An Elephant Sitting Still

Sometimes when you smoke

I have to leave - An Elephant Sitting Still

I have to leave

You used the gift card for cigarettes - An Elephant Sitting Still

You used the gift card for cigarettes

It's not even yours.
You picked it up on the street - An Elephant Sitting Still

It's not even yours. You picked it up on the street

Is triple the price of normal housing - An Elephant Sitting Still

Is triple the price of normal housing

That's why we want to
send you to a nursing home - An Elephant Sitting Still

That's why we want to send you to a nursing home

You always think - An Elephant Sitting Still

You always think

Frequent training makes you a good dancer - An Elephant Sitting Still

Frequent training makes you a good dancer

The school forbids us
to tutor students outside - An Elephant Sitting Still

The school forbids us to tutor students outside

Private schools don't
have these restrictions - An Elephant Sitting Still

Private schools don't have these restrictions

The pay is good - An Elephant Sitting Still

The pay is good

Good, go on - An Elephant Sitting Still

Dad, please be more considerate - An Elephant Sitting Still

Dad, please be more considerate

Dad, please stop - An Elephant Sitting Still

Dad, please stop

He slashed my bicycle tires - An Elephant Sitting Still

He slashed my bicycle tires

My dad will beat me up if he knows it - An Elephant Sitting Still

My dad will beat me up if he knows it

I don't know - An Elephant Sitting Still

The whole mess will be over - An Elephant Sitting Still

The whole mess will be over

I took my dad's gun - An Elephant Sitting Still

I took my dad's gun

What's that? Fried churrio? - An Elephant Sitting Still

What's that? Fried churrio?

My dad used to interrogate people with this - An Elephant Sitting Still

My dad used to interrogate people with this

I forgot my shoes - An Elephant Sitting Still

I forgot my shoes

I'm picking up my stuff - An Elephant Sitting Still

I'm picking up my stuff

The toilet is leaking again.
It's all flooded - An Elephant Sitting Still

The toilet is leaking again. It's all flooded

It's the third time - An Elephant Sitting Still

It's the third time

No - An Elephant Sitting Still

No, I didn't - An Elephant Sitting Still

I told you I didn't step on it! - An Elephant Sitting Still

I told you I didn't step on it!

He wanted to beat up yu shuai - An Elephant Sitting Still

He wanted to beat up yu shuai

I didn't take it - An Elephant Sitting Still

I didn't take it

Everyone else's stuff was right over there - An Elephant Sitting Still

Everyone else's stuff was right over there

I didn't steal it. I have my own phone - An Elephant Sitting Still

I didn't steal it. I have my own phone

He's useless - An Elephant Sitting Still

I'll come back during the break - An Elephant Sitting Still

I'll come back during the break

I will pay for the broken desk - An Elephant Sitting Still

I will pay for the broken desk

Our school is going to be demolished - An Elephant Sitting Still

Our school is going to be demolished

This is the worst school in town - An Elephant Sitting Still

This is the worst school in town

Larger, more comfortable - An Elephant Sitting Still

Larger, more comfortable

Keep the money - An Elephant Sitting Still

Tell that mopping boy to come in - An Elephant Sitting Still

Tell that mopping boy to come in

The world is a wasteland - An Elephant Sitting Still

The world is a wasteland

A quote from this book. I'm moved - An Elephant Sitting Still

A quote from this book. I'm moved

Monkey park - An Elephant Sitting Still

You shouldn't have messed with yu shuai - An Elephant Sitting Still

You shouldn't have messed with yu shuai

I've seen worse.
They didn't force you out of your home yet - An Elephant Sitting Still

I've seen worse. They didn't force you out of your...

Mister - An Elephant Sitting Still

It's white, huge, like this big,
and long hair - An Elephant Sitting Still

It's white, huge, like this big, and long hair

Towards that bridge - An Elephant Sitting Still

Towards that bridge

They won't allow me - An Elephant Sitting Still

They won't allow me

He bought this apartment - An Elephant Sitting Still

He bought this apartment

What else can he do with that pay?
So he jumped off the building - An Elephant Sitting Still

What else can he do with that pay? So he jumped off the buil...

It was his own decision. I'm not guilty - An Elephant Sitting Still

It was his own decision. I'm not guilty

He was paying for your vanity - An Elephant Sitting Still

He was paying for your vanity

You're the one who should've jumped off - An Elephant Sitting Still

You're the one who should've jumped off

They'd better not ask - An Elephant Sitting Still

They'd better not ask

They called his mom - An Elephant Sitting Still

They called his mom

He didn't take it - An Elephant Sitting Still

He didn't take it

He said we're going
to be street food vendors - An Elephant Sitting Still

He said we're going to be street food vendors

I know - An Elephant Sitting Still

She said yu shuai's brother could kill us - An Elephant Sitting Still

She said yu shuai's brother could kill us

Tell me your thoughts - An Elephant Sitting Still

Tell me your thoughts

You were not there - An Elephant Sitting Still

You were not there

But my phone is missing - An Elephant Sitting Still

But my phone is missing

Maybe your dad took it - An Elephant Sitting Still

Maybe your dad took it

Did he bribe you?
So you stand up for him? - An Elephant Sitting Still

Did he bribe you? So you stand up for him?

Be careful.
The school might kick you out as well - An Elephant Sitting Still

Be careful. The school might kick you out as well

Let him buy one. Give him an out - An Elephant Sitting Still

Let him buy one. Give him an out

You two sing a lullaby on your kness - An Elephant Sitting Still

You two sing a lullaby on your kness

No - An Elephant Sitting Still

You stupid jackass - An Elephant Sitting Still

You stupid jackass

Did I tell you to leave? - An Elephant Sitting Still

Did I tell you to leave?

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Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Bo Hu

Writer: Bo Hu

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 86/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $32,556

Released: 08 Mar 2019

Awards: 21 wins & 44 nominations

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Also watch: Ransomed, Jealousy, Rampant, Summer 1993, Breathe, Paris Is Burning, Inland Empire