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Photographer Nop (Jayanama Nopachai) and his businesswoman-wife May
(Wanida Termthanaporn) don't have the happiest of marriages - after years
of being together, they have drifted apart in almost every aspect, and she
has long started an affair with her boss Gon (Chamanun Wanwinwatsara). And
yet, she accompanies Nop when he embarks on a camping trip to the jungle
for a new photo series. But while Nop becomes more and more sucked into
the subject of his photos, the jungle, May feels somehow left out, and her
reserved attitude towards nature mirrors her reserved attitude towards her
husband. A certain sad looking old tree seems to hold a special
fascination for Nop, as he comes back to it time and again ... until
suddenly, Nop is gone. May reports Nop missing to the police, but they
seem to have little hope. Ultimately she is picked up by Gon and taken
back to the city. Days later, Nop shows up on the couch of their apartment
and tells May he has been saved by some local girl. And he has changed
too, his sexual cravings have become stronger than ever before, he is able
to satisfy May like never before, he doesn't have to eat anymore, and he
has developed all these weird urges, like growing a jungle on his own
porch. And May likes the new Nop better than the old one ... Gon tells
May he has broken up with his wife and suggests they move in together, but
instead May breaks up with him as she has fallen in love with her hubby
all over again. Gon grows suspicious though, pays a visit to May and Nop's
apartment - and finds no trace of Nop whatsoever. On the contrary, he
finds evidence that Nop has indeed never returned from the jungle. Somehow
he manages to convince May of that, but she forces him to take her to the
jungle to look for Nop. Once in the jungle, May walks to the old sad tree
that fascinated Nop quite as much armed with a machete, and she tries to
cut it down - no chance of course, and eventually she breaks down from
exhaustion ... but she did hurt the nymph (Porntip Papanai) who was living
in the tree and who has kept Nop in the jungle for all this time. Nop
finds his fainted wife and carries her back to camp, where he has a talk
with Gon, and he convinces him to take May and leave the jungle forever,
then go back to his wife, the person who really got hurt in all of this
... An at times fascinating film: The jungle locations are
simply great, and breathtakingly captured by the camera, the story is
captivating in its fairy-tale style naivité, and director Pen-Ek
Ratanaruang proves himself a master in creating creepy, almost
otherworldly atmosphere. Yet Nymph is not a perfect cinema, its
intentionally slow pace sometimes gets in the way of its story and
effectiveness, its symbolism at times seems to be a bit on the
heavy-handed side, and its ending is a disappointing anti-climax more than
everything else. Still well worth a look!
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