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Title: Pop Aye (2017)
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| Penpak Sirikul | ... | Bo | |
| Thaneth Warakulnukroh | ... | Thana | |
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Bong | ... | Popeye |
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Kantisuda Meebunmak | ... | Mae |
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Nattavut Trivisvavet | ... | Anuwat |
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Tossapol Leongsupporn | ... | Udom |
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Yukontorn Sukkijja | ... | Jenny |
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Sasapin Siriwanji | ... | TV Host (as Sasapin Siriwanij) |
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Chatchawan Wongarj | ... | Senior Monk |
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Narong Pongpab | ... | Uncle Peak |
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Darunrat Nopsaeng | ... | Bar Owner |
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Wasu Wanrayangkoon | ... | Officer Toh |
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Chainarong Phokaew | ... | Mahout |
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Prawit Boonprakong | ... | Officer Chad |
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Sawang Apai | ... | Ja's Father |
On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of the farm where they grew up together.
"Pop Aye" is quite different from your Hollywood blockbuster. Low-key and independently made, this maiden feature by Kirsten Tan (a Singaporean director) employs a cast and crew of native Thais. The feature is filmed in Thai and revolves around an aging architect who finds an elephant eerily similar to the one his family sold in his youth. He embarks on a road journey with the elephant, encountering cops, misfits and transvestites along the way.
Tan does well in her direction: clean, uncluttered and direct. Now and then one wishes for more stylistic flourishes: her compositions are conservative and the editing a bit languid. The storyline is a little static, the focus scattered. I do feel Kirsten Tan was handicapped by her low budget.
The architect doesn't exactly change much: he seems the same at the end as at the start. When the transvestites appear, there's one gratuitous sex scene. Why must the architect engage in sex with a transvestite? Doesn't move the plot or characters in any way... Otherwise, an interesting enough film.