An Elephant Sitting Still
- Thu, Dec 11
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Hu Bo Run Time: 234 min. Release Year: 2018 Language: Chinese
Starring: Li Congxi, Peng Yuchang, Wang Yuwen, Zhang Yu, Zhenghui Ling
Our dearly beloved Director Of Operations, Martin, is leaving us at the conclusion of this year, so we wanted to give him a proper sendoff by letting him program four of his favorite films. The second film in his series, entitled The Last Dance, is the 2018 film An Elephant Sitting Still, from director Hung Bo.
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 longer-for escape from the situation they find themselves in.
A gloomy, nihilistic mediation on life, An Elephant Sitting Still is a programmer’s dream to be able to play on the big screen. Thank you again to Martin for picking this under-seen downward spiraling masterpiece.