An Elephant Sitting Still (Film Screening)

A remarkable debut that sadly serves as its creator's epitaph, “An  Elephant Sitting Still” offers an uncompromisingly grim yet poignant  portrait of life in modern China. Shortly after completing this work,  The director Hu Bo, at the age of 29, took his own life.

“He told  me the other day. There is an elephant in Manzhouli. It sits there all  day long. Perhaps some people keep stabbing it with forks. Or maybe it  just enjoys sitting there. I don't know”.

Located in the  northernmost corner of China, Manzhouli shares a 54-kilometer border  with Russia. A mythical elephant resides in this city, sitting still and  remaining indifferent to the world's cruelties. The film unfolds over a  single 24-hour period, capturing the characters' lives filled with  incidents such as sexual affairs, violent conflicts, and tragic deaths.  Despite the bleak events, the characters coincidentally place their  fragile hopes in the distant legend of the elephant sitting still in  Manzhouli. The overall tone of the film, however, is not pessimistic. It  emphasizes stoic resilience, inner strength, and faces grappling with  moral dilemmas.

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⭐️Event Organiser: Ambiguity Film @ambiguity

💡Price: from £7

⏰Time: 18:20 - 10:30

🗓Date: 1 August 2024