Making Peace: Resignation, the Road Movie and Kirsten Tan's 'Pop Aye'

Chronicling the pilgrimage of a disenchanted middle-aged man – and his elephant companion – back to his childhood home in north-eastern Thailand, Pop Aye is also a story about confronting one's past and persisting problems, in the service of better possibilities for the future, writes David Crewe.

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Dave, Asian cinema, hero's journey, nostalgia, memory.