Pop Aye

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Series/Themes: zCinema without Borders

Genre: Drama, International

Accessibility: Subtitles

Film Year: 2017

Locations: Singapore/Thailand

Film Length: 102 min.

Director: Kirsten Tan

Featuring: Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Penpak Sirikul, Chaiwat Khumdee, Yukontorn Sukkijja, Narong Pongpab

After Thana, a successful architect in Bangkok, reaches a mid-life crisis he encounters Pop Aye, the elephant with which he spent an idyllic childhood in Thailand’s countryside. Thana and Pop Aye embark on a road trip on which they encounter unique people and situations, such as singing karaoke with a transgender sex worker and finding companionship in a poetic yet delusional pauper. These two misfits come together on an adventure through which they search for meaning and belonging in their respective environments. Pop Aye is the center of a mysterious, funny, and often absurd universe as he lumbers along with great dignity and endless fortitude.

Saturday, November 11
11:00 AM
Other : PVCC Dickinson Center
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After Thana, a successful architect in Bangkok, reaches a mid-life crisis he encounters Pop Aye, the elephant with which he spent an idyllic childhood in Thailand’s countryside. Thana and Pop Aye embark on a road trip on which they encounter unique people and situations, such as singing karaoke with a transgender sex worker and finding companionship in a poetic yet delusional pauper. These two misfits come together on an adventure through which they search for meaning and belonging in their respective environments. Pop Aye is the center of a mysterious, funny, and often absurd universe as he lumbers along with great dignity and endless fortitude.

 Other : PVCC Dickinson Center Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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