Elephant Sitting Still, An

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Synopsis

Mandarin-language Drama. Based on the story by Hu Bo. Four people in a Chinese city (Peng Yuchang, Wang Yuwen, Zhang Yu, Liu Congxi) live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapon, and hand-to-hand violence, some involving animals, some in a self-harm context - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Isolation and alienation
• The complexity of human lives
• The search for meaning

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for frequent use of coarse language

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