Hu Bo

Hu Bo (July 20, 1988 – October 12, 2017), also known by his pen name Hu Qian, was a Chinese novelist and film director, best known for his only feature film An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), which garnered widespread praise from critics. He died by suicide on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, soon after he finished that film.

An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhang Yu  •  Peng Yuchang  •  Wang Yuwen  •  Li Congxi

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhang Yu  •  Peng Yuchang  •  Wang Yuwen  •  Li Congxi

Night Runner (2014)

This early work of Hu Bo (director of An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)) was his graduation work at Beijing Film Academy. It features the self-redemption of a lumbago sufferer, which is a metaphor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Jiang Zhong Wei  •  Zhang Songwen  •  Tong Yao  •  Gao Feng

This early work of Hu Bo (director of An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)) was his graduation work at Beijing Film Academy. It features the self-redemption of a lumbago sufferer, which is a metaphor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Jiang Zhong Wei  •  Zhang Songwen  •  Tong Yao  •  Gao Feng

Man in the Well (2016)

Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhang Xiaoqian  •  Tieguang Gao  •  Zhao Yiji

Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhang Xiaoqian  •  Tieguang Gao  •  Zhao Yiji

To Cordoba (2012)

A sick, middle-aged man gets on a train bound for Tianjin. A young man told him that this train could take him to Córdoba, or anywhere...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhou Nan  •  Mo Xiaoxi  •  Liu Qingqing  •  Xu Xiting

A sick, middle-aged man gets on a train bound for Tianjin. A young man told him that this train could take him to Córdoba, or anywhere...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhou Nan  •  Mo Xiaoxi  •  Liu Qingqing  •  Xu Xiting

偷喝牛奶的人 (2013)

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DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhu Yanmanzi

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DIRECTION:  Hu Bo
CAST:  Zhu Yanmanzi