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. Among them is schoolboy Bu, on the run after pushing Shuai down the stairs, who was bullying him previously. Bu's classmate Ling has run away from her mother and fallen for the charms of her teacher. Shuai's older brother Cheng feels responsible for the suicide of a friend. And finally, along with many other characters whose fates are inextricably bound together, there's Mr. Wang, a sprightly pensioner whose son wants to offload him onto a home. In virtuoso visual compositions, the film tells the story of one single suspenseful day from dawn to dusk, when the train to Manzhouli is set to depart. “生活比我们想象的都更加漫长一点”。胡波：一位导演自杀的传说。我在柏林看了胡波这部4小时长的遗作。《大象席地而坐》：新时代青年的伤痕文学。操他妈的生活，操。大象席地而坐：人世间的仇恨与恶意，都在凝视的目光里。撇开特殊状况，客观地看电影，是对创作者最大的尊重。胡波和他的大象。导演被生活污秽的表面一叶障目。听过很多道理，依然过不好这一生。 满州里动物园有一头大象，每天坐在那里。为朋友出头的少年、为弟报仇的恶霸哥哥、身陷囹圄的女生，卡在世界灰暗的缝隙里无法脱身，却挣扎着去看大象。萧瑟寒冬的一天，绝望身影在不对称不平衡的影像中碰撞， 爆裂了压抑的沉郁，在粗糙布景、朦胧灯光的低成本制作中肆意蔓延。作者兼导演胡波 （笔名胡迁）首作，以青涩朴质与震撼感性，获柏林影展赏识入围论坛单元， 却是无法嵌合和谐主旋律的一块失落拼图。看不见大象是共同宿命，胡波骤然陨落，也成了这一代人的遗憾。
