An Elephant Sitting Still *see note Japanese a decorated war hero returns

a decorated war hero returns to the ghetto finding his hometown in shambles and his brother dead¦ Spade swears revenge against the local kingpin

• Black and white

Directors: Alex Garland

Wes Craven1995 / 102 min / 1

2021 / 164 min (total) / 5

An Elephant Sitting Still *see note Japanese a decorated war hero returnsNOTE The back of the physical case mentions a booklet, this is a manufacturing error, these do not have booklets. Under the gloomy sky of a small town in northern China, different protagonists' lives are intertwined in this furious tale of nihilistic rage. One of the most acclaimed feature debuts of the last decade, the first and, tragically, last film from Hu Bo, who took his own life at the age of twenty nine, is a tour de force of existential fury