Frustrated with his job and contrary to the naysayers telling him to stay, Aren Manoukian (Առէն Մանուկեան) Ren Manoukian, the son of immigrant parents living in England, planned on spending a year in Southeast Asia, China, and Japan in search of life, love, and meaning. So, he ditched his two-hour commute from his soot-stained sublet in South London and flew, instead, to Bangkok.
Set in the 80s and 90s, against a backdrop of great societal change this coming of age story paints the reasons we travel and includes elements of conflict, tragedy, hope, and romcom as our protagonist descends from fulfilling his dreams with the purest motives, into a hedonistic decline.
Like the cormorant used by the Ukai fishermen, will he be destined to catch the fish but not eat it or can he find redemption?
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