Mae bia is a 2001

2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 Thai

Cinema of Thailand

The cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by Francois-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited...

 romance

Romance film

Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...

-horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Somching Srisuparp and starring Napakpapha Nakprasitte

Napakpapha Nakprasitte

Napakpapha Nakprasitte is a Thai film actress. She is sometimes credited as Napakapa Nakprasit....

 and Akara Amarttayakul

Akara Amarttayakul

Akara Amarttayakul is a Thai film and television actor. His films include Jom kha mung wej and Muay Thai Chaiya. His nickname is "Gof" or "Golf".-Biography:...

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Plot

Chanachol, recently returned to Thailand after living overseas, signs up for a tour to get back in touch with Thai culture, and finds himself attracted to the tour guide, Mekhala.

There are several problems with the relationship: Chanachol is married, with family, and Mekhala has a mysterious, symbiotic relationship with a deadly cobra

Cobra

Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...

, and many of her previous suitors have ended up dead.

Cast

• Napakpapha Nakprasitte
  Napakpapha Nakprasitte
  Napakpapha Nakprasitte is a Thai film actress. She is sometimes credited as Napakapa Nakprasit....
  
   as Mekahala
• Akara Amarttayakul
  Akara Amarttayakul
  Akara Amarttayakul is a Thai film and television actor. His films include Jom kha mung wej and Muay Thai Chaiya. His nickname is "Gof" or "Golf".-Biography:...
  
  as Chanachol
• Chotiros Kaewpinij as Mai Kaew
• Apinan Prasertwattankul as Poj
• Surang Sae-ung as Nuan
• Natsawas Mansap as Kosum