mon rak luk thung

I did not know it until working on this post, but Mon Rak Luk Thung (or Mon Rak Look Thoong)is a rather famous Thai film from back around 1970. A description of it from the blog MONRAKPLENGTHAI goes like this:

the film “mon rak luk thung” is considered a landmark of both thai cinema & thai popular music; its unprecedented 6 month run in bangkok upon release in 1970 (พ.ศ. 2513) represented an increasing fondness for pleng luk thung in the capitol. the story is set in a rural village and concerns the romance between a poor farmer and the daughter of a rich landowner (played by mit chaibancha & phetchara chaowarat). taking a cue from hindi films, the action is interspersed with musical numbers, many of which feature the original singers picturising their own tunes. and the tunes are in top form! featuring the work of famed songwriter ไพบูลย์ บุตรขัน (phaibun butkhan) & his team, many of these songs are pop standards, with dozens of recorded versions. the film itself also has a number of iterations, most notably as the basis of a tv serial drama (ละคร or ‘lakhon’) of the same name. please enjoy these unforgettable songs!

An image on this site of what could be from an old movie poster for the film reminds me of old Hollywood; and when I started up a four-minute song from the soundtrack, it even reminded me of the Hollywood-of-old musical introduction (or finale) for those epic-like, bigger-than-life romances that stirred everyone with their power and passion.

Gosh, I’m a sap for this stuff! I watched the YouTube video below almost transfixed by the spell the two young actors were successfully casting — they’re good!

I read that the movie title translates out as something like “Magical Love of the Countryside.”

Whatever. I think I’d buy the DVD if it was in that format and available!

Note: According to one of the Related Blogs at the base of this post, there is a remake of the movie on tap.

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มนต์รักลูกทุ่ง 2538 – สัญญาก่อนลา

naanping — April 02, 2008 — เพลง สัญญาก่อนลา ละคร มนต์รักลูกทุ่ง 2538
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Related Blogs

• Monrak Luk Thung | Kent Larnhill / Thailand & Fotografering
• Jonas and Christy talk about Luk Thung Music and Thailand | Women Learning Thai… and some men too
• The unsurpassed films and greatest actors from Thai cinema | TheRoseCastle.com
• Por Thissadee Will Be In Remake of “Mon Rak Luke Toong” « DIRTII Laundry

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