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Boasting retro chi, lideable young leads and a very hummable soundtack, this bittersweet melordrama charts the trial and tribulations of aspiring young Thai folk singer Pan (Kitsuwan). The film opens with him languishing in jail, and is narrated in flasback by a sardonic guard. We return to the first flush of Pan's youth, when he performs triumphantly at the country fair and wins the hand of local girl Sadaw (Pukkavesa) despite dissproval from her father. The spell is broken when Pan Is conscripted to the army, but he leaves Sadaw an old radio (the "magic-love transistor" of the title), and tells her to listen out for him. Despite his talent and good looks, however, all does not go to plan...
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