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The Overture

โหมโรง (original)

Based on the life of Luang Pradit Pairoh the most revered traditional Thai music master who lived during the reigns of Kings Rama V to VIII, the movie traces the life of Sorn, who picked up the ra-nad ek (Thai xylophone) mallets as a small child and played all his life. The backdrop to Sorn's life tale is the story of Thailand's classical music from its golden age during the reign of King Rama V to near extinction after the end of the absolute monarchy when the government banned it as uncivilised in the 1930s - a time when Field Marshall Plaek Pibulsongkram tried to push the Kingdom into the modern era.

Spoken language: th
Based on the life of Luang Pradit Pairoh the most revered traditional Thai music master who lived during the reigns of Kings Rama V to VIII, the movie traces the life of Sorn, who picked up the ra-nad ek (Thai xylophone) malle... Read more

It's a drama and musical movie, and has a rating of 7.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.

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Not found streaming from Sweden.

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