Under the gloomy sky of a small town in northern China, three different protagonists’ lives are intertwined in this tale of nihilistic rage. While protecting his friend from a dangerous school bully, 16-year-old Wei Bu goes one step too far. While escaping the scene, Wei’s neighbor, the 60-year-old Wang Jin, is estranged from his family and, with nothing to lose, decides to join him. Later the pair is joined by Huang Ling, Wei’s classmate, who is bedeviled by a destructive affair with a married school official. Together, this unlikely and desperate trio decide their only hope is to flee toward a city in Manchuria, where it is a rumored that a circus elephant is said to be sitting still, seemingly oblivious to pain and tribulations of the world at large. A KimStim release

In Mandarin with English subtitles

“Should become an enduring classic.” -Richard Brody, The New Yorker