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You can watch An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) for free on Kanopy.

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 longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

Desperate souls drift through a decaying industrial landscape, searching for a mythical creature that offers the only possible escape from their crushing reality. This slow-burn journey captures the quiet ache of stagnation through long, unflinching takes of urban loneliness.

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