Man Suang แมนสรวง is a Thai re-imagined historical film inspired by a narrative ancient poem, Lilit Phra Lo ลิลิตพระลอ, probably from around the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century with plots of courtly romance, tragic massacre and political reconciliation. According to the film’s synopsis, Man Suang refers to the city of angels, or the celestial realm, or paradise town (in Thai language Man may means men or angel, and Suang means paradise, so it could literally mean paradise for men or angels). In the poem, Suang is a city and Man Suang is the king of Suang. In the film re-worked adaptation, Man Suang has become a luxurious and mysterious entertainment club in Siam, cough, cough, an opium den for the aristocrats, where the drama unfolds. There is suggestion that the film will have BL element because the screenwriter/director is known previously for making BL series but it is all hearsay until the film is released.
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