An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) quotes

Director
Bo Hu.

Cast
Yu Zhang.
Yuchang Peng.
Uvin Wang.

Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.

Don’t cry.
– Huang Ling
Why not?
– Jin’s granddaughter
Because… No reason.
– Huang Ling

He was paying for your vanity
– Yu Cheng

What are you going to do when you find him?
– Wang Jin
He beat up a piece of trash, and that piece of trash is my brother. What do you think I should do?
– Yu Cheng
A piece of trash brother?
– Wang Jin
That’s right.
– Yu Cheng
A piece of trash.
– Wang Jin
Yes.
– Yu Cheng

Sometimes when you smoke, your skin peels off and blood will remain on the cigarette. You see?
– Yu Cheng

You can go wherever you want. Yes, you can. However, you’ll find nothing different. I learned this when I’ve wasted most of my life away. So I have to sugar-coat it. There must be a difference.
– Wang Jin

Do you know Manzhouli?
– Wei Bu
Yes.
– Wang Jin
I’m going there. There’s an elephant sitting there.
– Wei Bu
Why does it matter to you?
– Wang Jin
It doesn’t.
– Wei Bu

My life is like a dumpster. Garbage keeps piling up. They come one after another. You can never clean it up.
– Yu Cheng