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An Elephant Sitting Still is a chinois film of genre Drama released in USA on 8 march 2019 with Zhao Tao
An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
大象席地而坐
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Add to a movie listAn Elephant Sitting Still (大象席地而坐) est un film dramatique chinois réalisé par Hu Bo.
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Au Nord de la Chine, une vaste ville postindustrielle et pourtant vide, plongée dans un brouillard perpétuel qui semble piéger ses habitants. Un matin, une simple altercation entre deux adolescents dans un lycée dégénère et va souder les destins de quatre personnes brisées par l’égoïsme familial et la violence sociale. Une obsession commune les unit : fuir vers la ville de Manzhouli. On raconte que, là-bas, un éléphant de cirque reste assis toute la journée, immobile.Actors
Zhao Tao
(History Teacher)
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