Kuon puos keng kang (2001)
Movie: Kuon puos keng kang (2001)
“Based on a Cambodian folk tale. In a small Thai village, Nhi comes across a Snake Immortal and falls in love with him. She becomes pregnant by the snake, but does not tell her husband. When he discovers the truth, he kills both Nhi and the Snake Immortal. One of the small snakes escapes from Nhi’s abdomen, and is brought up by another immortal. Slowly the snake grows up to be a beautiful woman, who sets out to develop another relationship. Written by Anonymous”
Trivia: The lead character of Soraya has “writhing snakes for hair”. To create this difficult effect on a very limited budget, the director decided to take real live snakes and glue them to a wig, and then placed it in on the actress’s head.