Through a car accident on the Sarasin-Bridge, the bridge which connects the island of Phuket with the Thai Mainland, Khrit, a 'kathoei', or ladyboy, swaps bodies with Jaa, a 'thom' or butch lesbian. From the moment they wake up in the hospital and realize their predicament, they try to get their own bodies back. For the moment, nothing seems to work though. Hiding their identity-swap for their respective boy- and girlfriends proves rather difficult. They'll have to coach each-other in being the other person. Confusion arises all around. Before long, though, Khrit realizes that by being in a female body, more men are attracted to him than before, and he starts using it to attract men, much to Jaa's annoyance. 'Stop playing with my breasts', she says -through Khrit's mouth- at one point. In another scene we see Jaa's body, completely re-vamped and 'un-butched' by Khrit, entering a posh Phuket nightclub.
Jaa, in the mean time, has more serious trouble. She has asked her girlfriend to come and live with her on Phuket, but the girl is still doubting. At one moment, though, she reveals her intention to stay to the guy who she thinks is Khrit, but who is in reality Jaa. Jaa is euphoric, but she cannot reveal her happiness to her girlfriend because she's still in Khrit's body.
The film is deliciously silly ("bâa" in Thai: It's in the title), and sometimes slapstick Thai Version takes over for a little while, especially when Khrit's kathoei 'girlfriends' and Jaa's lesbian 'mates' are on the scene. But it never gets lame. The story is, though sometimes obviously confusing because of the body-swap, consistent and solid. The acting is outstanding. Both lovely 'Jaa' Natthaweeranuch Thongmee and handsome 'Khrit' Chakrit Yamnam are really into their roles as a male homosexual in the body of a lesbian and as a lesbian in the body of a male homosexual.
The film never gets dirty, moralistic or condescending. It's a funny, rather charming story, very well acted, and set on one of the world's most attractive tropical islands.
Jaa, in the mean time, has more serious trouble. She has asked her girlfriend to come and live with her on Phuket, but the girl is still doubting. At one moment, though, she reveals her intention to stay to the guy who she thinks is Khrit, but who is in reality Jaa. Jaa is euphoric, but she cannot reveal her happiness to her girlfriend because she's still in Khrit's body.
The film is deliciously silly ("bâa" in Thai: It's in the title), and sometimes slapstick Thai Version takes over for a little while, especially when Khrit's kathoei 'girlfriends' and Jaa's lesbian 'mates' are on the scene. But it never gets lame. The story is, though sometimes obviously confusing because of the body-swap, consistent and solid. The acting is outstanding. Both lovely 'Jaa' Natthaweeranuch Thongmee and handsome 'Khrit' Chakrit Yamnam are really into their roles as a male homosexual in the body of a lesbian and as a lesbian in the body of a male homosexual.
The film never gets dirty, moralistic or condescending. It's a funny, rather charming story, very well acted, and set on one of the world's most attractive tropical islands.
