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An Elephant Sitting Still
Directed by Hu Bo
THIS slow-moving drama unfolds during the course of one day as it follows its three protagonists in their quest to travel by train to the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli to see for themselves the elephant that simply sits and ignores the world there.
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