《最后的木琴師》是Ittisoontorn Vichailak導演的電影。2004年在泰國上映。
Chumphorn Thepphithak .... Tew
Pongpat Wachirabunjong .... Lieutenant Colonel Veera
Anuchit Sapanpong .... Sorn
Adul Dulyarat .... Elderly Sorn
Sumeth Ong-ard .... Prasit
Phuwarid Phumphuang .... Terd
Arratee Tanmahapran .... Chote (1880s)
Narongrit Tosa-nga .... Kun In
Based on the life of Luang Pradit Pairoh (Sorn Silapabanleng) 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. The film shifts back and forth from the time when Sorn was a young man, playing in a xylophone duel with the intense Kun In, to the 1940s, when Thailand was under Japanese occupation and Sorn's playing would provide some inspiration to the oppressed citizenry of the time.
因為哥(ge)哥(ge)的悲慘(can)經歷,父親反(fan)對極(ji)具音(yin)樂(le)天(tian)賦的Sorn繼續學習(xi)音(yin)樂(le)。不過(guo)天(tian)性反(fan)叛的Sorn偷偷地(di)練(lian)習(xi),直到爸(ba)爸(ba)發現(xian)并(bing)改變了初衷,Sorn正式(shi)的音(yin)樂(le)課(ke)程(cheng)得以(yi)開始(shi)。
一次比賽中,Sorn被(bei)對(dui)手(shou)Khun打敗了。沉浸在痛苦(ku)中的(de)他卻突然有了一次對(dui)于人生(sheng)的(de)頓悟,這時他正好被(bei)皇(huang)家劇院(yuan)邀(yao)請為首席樂手(shou)。這份職業給Sorn和Khun兩(liang)人帶來不同(tong)的(de)變化。
二次世界大戰(zhan)后,泰(tai)國政府實行“文化(hua)管(guan)(guan)制(zhi)”的政策。Sorn身體(ti)力行維護傳統,這無形中與政府的“西方(fang)化(hua)”相抵制(zhi)。盡(jin)管(guan)(guan)他甚至與警察產生了(le)正面的沖(chong)突,但(dan)是,在人民心中,他從來都是一個(ge)英雄。