A heartwarming road movie is currently playing in a number of Dutch cinemas, set in Thailand. It is the feature debut of Singaporean director Kirsten Tan, who also wrote the screenplay.

A successful debut, given the many awards she won with it, including the VPRO Big Screen Award at the recent Rotterdam film festival.

Synopsis: The life of Thana from Bangkok is at a dead end: his career as an architect is not really going smoothly and his marriage also leaves much to be desired. One day he sees Pop Aye, an elephant he knows from his childhood, on the street. Without thinking twice, he decides to take the beloved animal to the village where he and the elephant grew up. Along the way they meet all kinds of special and colorful people, which eventually leads to Thana's life getting back on track.

In addition to actor Thaneth Warakulnukroh and elephant Bong, the beautifully filmed Thai landscape plays a leading role.

You can find a review of the film in De Volkskrant: www.volkskrant.nl

Below is the trailer of the movie:

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m-sjnRN0i0[/embedyt]

Source: Amsterdam Film Ladder

9 responses to “Thai feature film Pop Aye in Dutch cinemas”

  1. Color says up

    A really wonderful movie. Recommended.

    • Roy says up

      Does anyone have an address where I can download this movie?

  2. Paul T says up

    Q: Is Thai spoken in the film?

    • Gringo says up

      Yes, with Dutch subtitles, in Belgium with NL and French subtitles

  3. Guido Goossens says up

    The film is not only playing in a number of Dutch cinemas, but also in Belgian ones.

    • Gringo says up

      Sorry Guido, of course also in Belgium

  4. lung addie says up

    And what about those "severely abused elephants" who play a leading role in the film?

  5. Kevin Oil says up

    Classic, I think this film (unfortunately) is not shown in Thailand….

  6. Siamese says up

    So soon also available on Netflix.


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