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Pop Aye

A Window on Asian Cinema

Urbanization · LGBT · Road Movie · Coming of Age · Women

  • CountrySingapore,Thailand
  • Production Year2017
  • Running Time104min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Thana built Garden Square, Bangkok’s landmark of the 1990s. The building’s young owner plans to demolish it and replace it with a modern one. Facing a crisis, Thana feels tired of urban life. One day, he finds his childhood pet elephant, Pop Aye, on a busy street and with the elephant, he sets out on a long, unpredictable journey to his hometown. This road movie is a story of a wayfarer who faces life and death and meets other lives of pain and joy. Homeless hippie Dee feels his death at hand. Transgender woman Jenny sings at a bar. Thana’s encounters with them are filled with loneliness, alienation and contradiction that confronts us every day. Meanwhile, the film’s surreal scenes add some shining fantasy to their lives. Thana finally reaches his hometown but the situation he faces there shatters his nostalgia. Nevertheless, the film still tells us gently that life is still there. (HONG Soin)
Director
Director
Kirsten TAN
Kirsten Tan is from Singapore. Singapore’s Kirsten Tan is a director and cinematographer as well as a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has had her films screened around the world at festivals such at Rotterdam, Toronto and Busan. Pop Aye is her feature directorial debut.
Credit
  • Director
    Kirsten TAN
  • ProducerWeijie LAI
    Anthony CHEN
  • CastThaneth WARAKULNUKROH
    Penpak SIRIKUL
    Chaiwat KHUMDEE
    Yukontorn SUKKIJJA
    Narong PONGPAB
  • ScreenplayKirsten TAN
  • CinematographyChananun CHOTRUNGROJ
  • Production DesignRasiguet SOOKKARN
  • EditorLee CHATAMETIKOOL
  • MusicMatthew JAMES KELLY
  • Production CompanyE&W Films
    weijie@ewfilms.com.sg
  • World SalesCERCAMON
    sebastien@cercamon.biz
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Korea Exchange
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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER