Elbows Up is a visceral, black-and-white docufiction that blurs the boundary between cinema and unscripted reality. Following a young man navigating political obsession, the crushing weight of generational trauma, and escalating domestic warfare alongside his father, the film serves as an unblinking look at a soul under siege. Part psychological breakdown, part dark comedy, and part raw documentary, it is an uncompromising exploration of the friction between life and art.
The Director
Papa
Brandon Liu
The Tutor
Dr. James
Hunter Korble
Nonni
Rafael
Drug Dealer
David
Vienna
Billy
Clarke
Duncan
Gino