The Overture

โหมโรง (original)

7.9

/10

1h 43mDrama Musical Music Biography

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

Starring Anuchit Sapanpong, Adul Dulyarat, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Narongrit Tosa-nga, Phoovarit Phumpuang, Sompob Benjathikul, Kiat Punpiputt, Arratee Tanmahapran, Sumet Ong-ard, Somlek Sakdikul

Watch "The Overture" from streaming services Vudu, Kanopy released in 2004. 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.