The Overture
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The Thai film poster.
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| Directed by | Ittisoontorn Vichailak |
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Ittisoontorn Vichailak Chatrichalerm Yukol Nonzee Nimibutr Duangkamol Limcharoen Pisamai Laodara |
| Written by | Peerasak Saksiri Dolkamol Sattatip Ittisoontorn Vichailak |
| Starring | Anuchit Sapanpong Adul Dulyarat Narongrit Tosa-nga Somlek Sakdikul |
| Music by | Chatchai Pongprapaphan |
| Cinematography | Nattawut Kittikhun |
| Edited by | Ittisoontorn Vichailak |
| Distributed by | Sahamongkol Film International |
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Running time
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104 min. |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: The Overture | |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | 2004 |
| Recorded | 2003 Apollo Lab Sri Siam Studio Bangkok |
| Genre | Thai classical |
| Length | 32:20 |
| Label | Gimmick Films Cinemasia Promittr Production Sahamongkol Film International |
| Producer | Ittisoontorn Vichailak |
The Overture (Thai: โหมโรง or Hom rong) is a 2004 Thai tragic-nostalgia music-drama film. A fictionalised account based on the life story of Thai palace musician Luang Pradit Phairoh (), it follows the life of a Thai classical musician from the late 19th century to the 1940s. The film was the winner of several awards in Thailand and was the country's official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was directed by Ittisoontorn Vichailak and producers included Nonzee Nimibutr and Chatrichalerm Yukol. The film was also credited with a revival in the popularity of piphat – Thai classical music. In 2015, this film had been remade into a musical play from the 4th of April to 17 May at KBank Siam Pic-Ganesha Theatre.
Starting out in the 1940s, the story finds the elder Sorn bed-ridden. To an old friend, he recalls his childhood growing up in 1880s Siam, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn and the action flashes back to that time.
Sorn's brother was a gifted classical musician, so gifted in fact that it caused a rivalry with other musicians that ended in Sorn's brother's death. Because of that, Sorn's father bars the boy from taking up the ranad-ek (Thai xylophone). However, Sorn, who has shown a talent for the instrument since an early age, defies his father and sneaks off to practice playing in an abandoned temple in the jungle.
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