Pee Mak

Pee Mak
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Directed by	Banjong Pisanthanakun
Produced by	Jira Maligool Chenchonnee Suntonsaratoon Suwimon Techasupinun Pran Thadaweerawutar Vanrudee Pongsitthisak
Written by	Nontra Khumvong Banjong Pisanthanakun Chantavit Dhanasevi
Starring	Mario Maurer Davika Hoorne Pongsathorn Jongwilas Nattapong Chartpong Auttarut Kongrasri Kantapat Permpoonpatcharasook
Music by	Chatchai Pongpraphaphan Hualampong Riddim
Cinematography	Narupon Sohkkanapituk
Edited by	Tummarut Sumetsuppasok
Production company	GMM Tai Hub Jorkwang film
Distributed by	GMM Tai Hub (Thailand) Intersolusindo Film (Indonesia) Golden Screen (Malaysia) Golden Village (Singapore) Panasia (Hongkong) Star Cinema (Philippines)
Release dates	March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai
Budget	฿65 million(US$1.8 million)
Box office	฿1 billion (US$28 million)[1]

Pee Mak (Thai: พี่มาก..พระโขนง; rtgs: Phi Mak Phra Khanong) is a 2013 Thai comedy horror film directed by Banjong Pisanthanaku.^[2] The story is an adaptation of the Mae Nak Phra Khanong legend of Thai folklore.^[2] It was released on March 28, 2013.^[2] The film stars Mario Maurer as Mak and Davika Hoorne as Nak together with GTH's iconic gang of four starred Pongsathorn Jongwilas, Nattapong Chartpong, Auttarut Kongrasri and Kantapat Permpoonpatcharasook.^[2]

Plot

The story is set in mid-19th century in Siam, during the King Mongkut Era and at the height of the Rattanakosin Dynasty, when Siam was plagued with wars with its neighbouring kingdoms. Mak (Mario Maurer) was drafted to serve in a war against the foreign invasion, forcing him to leave behind his pregnant wife Nak (Davika Hoorne) at the town of Phra Khanong, not far from Central Bangkok. He was wounded during a battle and sent to a medical camp, where he met Ter, Puak, Shin and Aey, who later became his best friends. Meanwhile, in Phra Khanong, Nak struggled alone painfully to give birth to the baby. Shortly after, villagers in the neighborhood heard her singing lullabies to her baby, causing hair-raising chills and making them cower in fear. Rumours started circulating around the village that Nak had already died in labor and was now a ghost haunting the house.

Mak and his three remaining friends, Shin, Puak and Ter, went to a Buddhist temple seeking chants and prayers to keep Nak at bay. However, in a panic, coupled with Mak's struggle to get back to his wife, they spilled all the holy water, holy rice and kicked the praying monk out of the "safety ring". The monk fled the temple, leaving the four to face the angry Nak. A pale Aey found his way to the temple and it was revealed that he was still a human. Ter, Mak and Shin push him forward then Puak and Aey kiss. Ter thought Aey is a ghost because he is have a ring (and stole the ring off the corpse to pay off his gambling debt). Nak angrily shouted at the five that she just wanted to be with her loved one, which the four friends argued against since they didn't believe the living can be with the dead. Mak then revealed he knew the truth about Nak all along, after listening to his friends, looking at Nak between his legs and finding her half buried corpse. He then claimed that he is more afraid of living without her than of her ghostly form. His friends, seeing them reuniting, cried and hugged each other, vowing that they wouldn't leave each other even if one of them became a ghost.

In the credit scenes, Mak, his wife and his four friends lived happily in the village. Nak uses her ghostly abilities to do chores, play charades, help fixing the temple, and scare off the villagers attempting to drive her away. It is also revealed that her child also possess some of her abilities.

Reception

Pee Mak has earned more than 1 billion baht ($33 million) in revenue worldwide (mostly in Asia), and is currently the highest grossing Thai film beating the record of Ong Bak and one of Asia's highest grossing films of all time. The film sold record 16 million tickets worldwide. The film has been screened in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Cambodia, Australia, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, China, South Korea, part of the South Pacific and the (parts of) United States.

Cast

Press conference of Peemak.

• Mario Maurer as Mak
• Davika Hoorne as Nak
• Kantapat Permpoonpatcharasuk as Aey (เอ, rtgs: E)
• Nuttapong Chartpong as Ter (เต๋อ, rtgs: Toe)
• Wiwat Kongrasri as Shin (ชิน, rtgs: Chin)
• Pongsathorn Jongwilas as Puak (เผือก, rtgs: Phueak)

Awards and nominations

References

See also

• List of ghost films

External links

• Pee Mak at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Pee Mak
• Pee Mak Movie at sanook!
• Pee Mak the movie at Movie MThai