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UNITED STATES · 2003

Elephant

Gus Van Sant
American Independent school violence teenage alienation bullying social isolation tragedy
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Synopsis

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Year2003
CountryUnited States
DirectorGus Van Sant
MovementAmerican Independent
Cinematic DNA
Van Sant’s film, he freely admitted, was directly inspired by the British director Alan Clarke’s 1989 TV drama of the same name.
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