The Elephant Apartment
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Elephant lives in seclusion. His job as a movie projectionist even allows him to be isolated from people at work. In the outside world, the news reports the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Also, Elephant still misses his deceased mother. When Hsiao-hsin, who admires him, finally calls him up, he does no...(Read more)
Elephant lives in seclusion. His job as a movie projectionist even allows him to be isolated from people at work. In the outside world, the news reports the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Also, Elephant still misses his deceased mother. When Hsiao-hsin, who admires him, finally calls him up, he does not know how to answer her request for a date. Trapped in his dreams that are filled with electrostatic sheep, and his home life in turmoil, can Hsiao-hsin change his world?
The sophisticated use of animation adds depth to the character’s simple friendship, in addition illustrating the darker side of Elephant’s mind. Furthermore, its ‘movie-within-a-movie’ technique imaginatively presents the fear of young lives facing current environmental challenges.
Author：WANG Teng-yu
DVD source：Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
| Chinese title： | 大象 |
| Year： | 2015 |
| Director： | WANG Shaudi |
| Duration： | 25min |
| Length： | Short |
| Category： | Fiction |
| Genre： | Drama |
| Theme： | The Environment、Literature |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Stereo |
| Language： | Mandarin |
| Subtitle： | Chinese, English |
| Producer： | WANG Shaudi |
| Actors： | YOU Xue-ting, LIN Huai-xin |
| Screenplay： | WANG Shaudi |
Camera： |
LI Qing-di |
| Editor： | LEI Zhen-qing |
| Music： | GAO Shao-huan |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong, Macau) |
| Royalty period： | Unlimited |
| Licensing contact： | The film is for non-profit screening only. |
| Festival list： | 2015 Golden Harvest Awards Film Festival |
