新加坡導演陳敬音在旅居泰國時,目睹鄉村男孩為大象沐浴的場景,啟發她寫成《大象夫》劇本。建築師塔納人到中年加入失業大軍,失意之時竟在街頭再遇兒時玩伴大象PopAye,毅然買下一頭象回家,然而這個城市的家根本容不下他倆,於是他決定與老象結伴回鄉,途中處處碰釘,鬧出不少笑話。由《爸媽不在家》導演陳哲藝監製,才女導演用象鼻化干戈,泰國前衛搖滾樂傳奇人物ThanethWarakulnukroh(《出貓特攻隊》)幽默風趣對抗中年危機,在鹿特丹、釜山、台北、辛丹斯等影展闖出一條屬於自己的路。

People have many different ways of dealing with mid-life crisis, but it’s hard to imagine a cross-country road trip with an elephant being one of them. Unwanted both at work and at home, architect Thana is undergoing a serious existential crisis. When he runs into Pop Aye, an elephant that he remembers fondly from his childhood, Thana decides to take his old friend back to his village in the countryside. Singaporean director Kirsten Tan – who lived in Thailand for a brief time as a t-shirt vendor – used her own experiences to shape this delightfully offbeat road movie. Marked by eccentric characters and poignant messages about modernization, Pop Aye is a rare road film where both the journey and the destination prove to be equally rewarding.