10th edtion CIFF – 10-14 April 2024
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Kirsten Tan | Singapore | 2017 | 102 min | Thai | e.s.
Thana has come to a standstill in life. His work as an architect in Bangkok is no longer appreciated and his wife doesn’t seem to want him around either. Where does a middle-aged man really belong? Then the disillusioned Thana comes across the elephant he grew up with as a boy in the countryside of Thailand. He buys the animal to take it with him on a road trip, back to their shared past.
Thana and the elephant, Pop Aye, are characters you want to take into your heart. Thana approaches others with a warm humanity and his mythical-looking companion is more than just a symbolic figure: the animal has a history and character of its own. These appealing misfits trample through occasionally absurdist or tragicomic scenes that they share with a gentle vagabond who can predict the future, two bureaucratically-inclined police officers and a lonely ladyboy with karaoke aspirations.
Place: CINEMA 3
Date: 6 April 2017
Time: 21:30
Duration: 1:20
Place: CINEMA 4
Date: 8 April 2017
Time: 16:45
Duration: 1:17
Year in
Festival
2017
Director
Kirsten Tan
Camera
Chananun Chotrungroj
Cast
Bong
Penpak Sirikul
Thaneth Warakulnukroh
Chaiwat Khumdee
Yukontorn Sukkijja
Narong Pongpab
Country
Singapore
Editor
Lee Chatametikool
Language
Thai
Length
102 min
Producer
Weijie Lai / E&W; Films
Anthony Chen / Giraffe Pictures Pte Ltd
Production Company
E&W; Films
Giraffe Pictures Pte Ltd
Sales
Cercamon
Scenario
Kirsten Tan
Year of Production
2017
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