Thai teen heartthrob and “Love of Siam” star Mario Maurer was recently declared Best Actor in Cinemanila 2008’s South East Asia (SEA) Film Competition. The Love of Siam (Thai: Rak haeng Sayam) is a 2007 Thai romantic-drama film, written and directed by Chookiat Sakveerakul. A multi-layered family drama, a controversial element of the story is a gay romance between two teenage boys. Mario Maurer leads the cast as a teenage boy entangled in family, romantic, and social issues.
Here are pretty photos of the teener soon to be 20 years old this December. Yum-yum Tom Yum!
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Well deserved! ‘love the movie too.
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Loved the movie. Loved him in it.
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i was really going to watch “im a cyborg but that’s ok” but all the good seats where taken, so i ended watching “love of siam” instead, w/o any idea what the movie is all about, i enjoyed the film, even though i missed watching the other film “night bus”, i loved it, it was funny, heartwarming. two thumbs up!
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looks like robi domingo, right?! diba?!
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this film only proves that southeast asians (not only pinoys) are the most attractive men in the world, followed by arabs, hehehehe… love the movie! i watch it over youtube, pano kasi, bawal (kuno!) daw ang bading dito…
dubai, uae
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congrats mario. love him and loved the movie!
and for MrCens:
gwapo ng mga arabo no?? hehehe
meron akong proxy dito to view blocked sites dito. (i.e. g4m, manjan, etc.)
hehehe
-auh boy-
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Tumulo talaga laway ko sa lalaking to nung mapanood ko yung pelikulang yan. And to think na mas “nagdevelop” pa ang masel nya.
Nagpunta ba sya ng Pilipinas??? Balak ko sanang huntingin sa Bangkok yan nung nagbakasyon ako, dapat talaga tinuloy ko! Love you Mario.
MrCens bigyan din kita ng proxy. Taga dubai din ako. Muah!
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The Love of Siam is such a great movie. This made me cry buckets. ang galing ng pagkakagawa. kaso Dekada Cinemanila messed up with the subs at the end! there was a scene where Tong gives Mew the wooden nose as the last part of the wooden christmas toy he had given to Mew when they were little.
the lines should be:
Tong: i can’t be your boyfriend, but it doesnt mean i dont love you.
Cinemanila’s subs were:
Tong: i CAN be your boyfriend, but it doesnt mean i dont love you.
it completely altered the story! i was really disappointed with Cinemanila for messing up with Tong and Mew’s love story. sigh.
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Masyadong maputla and for sure uncut ito….ewwww. sa pinoy parin ako
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SANA WHEN THEY GET OLDER AND FINALLY KNEW THEMSELVES SUNDAN NA NILA NG PART @ UNG PELIKULA!!!!
TITLE: LUST IN SIAM!!!bonga yan,puro sila love scene bathroom scene bed scene cr scene,lahat ng pede nilang puntahan upang mapamulaklak nila ang kanilang pagmamahalan,ahahahah,bakit ang dami nyang sexy pics,cgi mag sexy star ka na lang,panunuorin ko lahat ng film,mo,hehehe
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i love the movie, too. he’s so cute..
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Although running at almost 3 hours, the movie is never a bore. It is wholesome, rich, multi-layered and sweet. I believe it bagged numerous recognitions in its homeland when the awards season came. Mario resembles a young Francis Magalona while his father in the movie looks like an older Baron Gaysler (Did I spell it right?) and the sister is so Maja Salvador-ish. The scene wherein Mario’s character helps out his mom decorate the Christmas tree is talaga namang nakakaiyak. Follow the subtitles and “read between the lines” and you’ll know what I mean. The ending is unconventional- it is neither tragic nor happy but at least it was realistic given their age in the story. I’m really glad that I was able to catch in on video long before it was shown in CineManila. Loved it! Speaking of gay-themed films, it was only a few weeks back when I was able to watch Happy Together (not the kris aquino-eric quizon starrer! eww.). It’s directed by Wong Kar Wai in 1997 and stars the very appealing (as far as I’m concerned) Tony Leung. One need not be in numerous relationships to be able to relate to the story and declare it so REAL. The movie is bittersweet and sad for the most part but is so positively reassuring in the end. I think its the best gay love story movie ever. Actually, gay or not, it’s by far one of the best and most real films about love.
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beautiful boy! Aloy mak-mak! Di mak-mak!
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Saan kaya makakahuha ng copy nito???
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marebro try youtube….
i had a copy of it .. with english subs
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marebro:
if you want an avi copy of the movie, you can download it at veoh.com.
just search for it.. =)
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very, very good movie.
it all boils down to the choices we make in our lives. tong chose not to get involved with a situation (relationship with mew) which he knows would make his, especially his family’s, life.
i love the question Mew threw at Tong during Tong’s stay in his house. The one about fear in love and in losing the one we love.
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Love of siam is such a beautiful movie. Although Mario is cute.. I really like the other thai actor Witwisit aka P-chy. Watch ko lagi ang theme song nila sa Youtube. Nakaka in love sobra ang meaning ng kanta. Next time I will go to BKK baka hanapin ko ang gig nya at watch talaga ako kesehodang ala akong maintidihan.. ha ha ha..
and Yes the dialog should be ” I CAN’T be your boyfriend but that doesn’t mean that I don’t love you”
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you can watch it in crunchyroll.com
“i cannot be your boyfriend, but it doesn’t mean that i don’t love you” - awwwwwwwww.. or close to that..
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may anggulong Aljur Abrenica!
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WOW he’s too good for words
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GAWD. I LOVE THAT MOVIE. AND I SO LOVE MARIO. GO TONG!
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i super love the movie. it delivered its message well without being too much graphic. a breather from those other pink film wannabes. 7 stars!
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xet xet xet… maurer is the surest hottest living thing in the world!!!
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good!
i love the movie and cried for sum f#@*&$ scene haist
love the movie!!
and also Mario
sooo hot!!
Rarr
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anong “i like”? borat, kaw ba yan? haha
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Check out his fan profile on friendster:
http://profiles.friendster.com/61740718
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@ marebro
@ frncs
…or if you know how to use torrent, very good copies of this movie lurks on the net, with ENG subs.
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ehlo migs..
funny it takes just one Tong for me to finally comment here.. bin ur avid <cant have breakfast, cant sleep at nyt without visiting ur site first… except wen im on duty, of kors.. heheh> reader for almost a year tho.. nwei, i just find it unbelievable nuwing i am gandering this particular clauses u wrote about Mario Maurer and this superd The Love of Siam movie… i incidentally came across this movie on utube last week and bin inviting friends for days now to check it for themselves too… what’s unbelievable actually is for 4 days now to be exact, i was always like one-more-push-and-il-mail-you and suggest/propose/beg to introduce this movie to my fellow readers hir in mgg too.. wala lang… i just got caught in the whir of things which i cant get over with without sharing… heheh
btw,
hope you all got the secret meaning < by the director > y the nose of the wooden doll given by tong has to be missing for years, y it ddn’t rily perfectly match at such wen given to Mew, and y the “THANK YOU” response was made…
kudos to u migs…
salamat sa tanan nga mga natun-an nko sa imong gipanulat…
amping to u and to my fellow readers!!
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ai…i love him so much in this movie…cute niya kasi..
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i’ve watched this movie kagabi lang and i can say napakaganda nga tlg nito. hndi siya boring at maganda ang story nya. though bitin ako dahil hndi naging sila in the end atleast khit papano happy ending kahit umiiyak c mew….
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this is the exact link for this move in veoh
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v14017375ESDkKTa5?jsonParams=%257B%2522rlmin%2522%253A0%252C%2522rlmax%2522%253Anull%252C%2522veohOnly%2522%253Atrue%252C%2522region%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522sId%2522%253A%2522812097387920796191%2522%252C%2522range%2522%253A%2522a%2522%252C%2522order%2522%253A%2522default%2522%252C%2522episodeNumber%2522%253A0%252C%2522offset%2522%253A10%252C%2522country%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522query%2522%253A%2522siam%2Blove%2522%252C%2522requestType%2522%253A%2522user%2522%252C%2522seasonNumber%2522%253A0%257D&context=SEARCH&viewType=search
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My favorite movie kahit super haba…Worth watching…Love the actors played in the movie.
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Ang nipples, ang sarap i-lick.
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Luph the moviE….im downloAding it right now…Hmmmm mAs cutiE ung bRother ni maRio pero luph ko pa rin si mArio…haiiYZ…..
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@ neon… tanong ko lang.. yun bang sa youtube.. buong pelikula??
at malinaw o klaro yong copy nila?? salamat kasi nagpa down load ako dito sa amin, kaya lang corrupted ung copy at hindi ko napanood.. thank you..
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Ralph,
you are stupid. cinemanila did not do the subs. BOBO!
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gwapo naman ng batang ito! havent watched the movie though…might as well grab a copy =)
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i live in bangkok. i see him in the mall a few blocks from my flat. ang cuuuuute. as in.
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love him!
love the movie!
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ralph that’s what i thought too. but the whole line was “I DONT THINK…..” (then cut yung sentence, then another line goes on the screen saying) “I CAN BE YOUR BOYFRIEND”
a lot were shocked, di nila napansin yung “i don’t think” sa una. take jessica zafra’s words mag-ingat ka sa ellipsis. hehe
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wow. are u from Cinemanila? well u did a very lousy job.
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i’m watching it again (like for the 11th time already).
i get kilig talaga especially when Mew sang this new song at Tang/June’s party and when he sang the line “we’ll be together,forever”, and gestured and smiled at Tong, and then Tong threw a very innocent and pa-cute smile bact at Mew. OMG. super giidy feeling. Haha. It’s amazing how amidst all heavy romantic films, a film as simple as The Love of Siam could make me believe that indeed, real and innocent love exists.
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no i’m not from cinemanila
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you should really thank the people of cinemanila for bringing this very nice movie here in manila. subtitles are not done by the organizers, you should know that.
i just hope that you also watch local films after watching love of siam. there are also a lot of great foreign movies you won’t see on a regular run.
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ang cute cute ng movie. pero si tong, ang gusto platonic love lang. ahahaha. at first i thought that ending was lousy… but if you read between the lines, ang ibig sabihin talaga ng “i can’t be your boyfriend” is “hanggang kiss kiss and necking lang tayo ha…” lol how sweet…
si tong if you watched the movie kahawig ni maxene magalona… francis sana eh kasu maputi…
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ang cute cute ng movie. pero si tong, ang gusto platonic love lang. ahahaha. at first i thought that ending was lousy… but if you read between the lines, ang ibig sabihin talaga ng “i can’t be your boyfriend” is “hanggang kiss kiss and necking lang tayo ha…” lol how sweet…
si tong if you watched the movie kahawig ni maxene magalona… francis sana eh kasu maputi…
and yung mama ni tong kahawig ni eula valdez or maricel soriano… hehehe
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hi alex. actually, that reply was for the user Richo. kasi he/she/it said im BOBO daw bcoz Cinemanila did not do the subs for Love of Siam. sorry for the misunderstanding.
anyway, if Cinemanila dint do the subs then ok. But it is still their freaking job to check the accuracy of the subs, bcoz at the end of the day sila parin masisisi ng tao kpag hindi tama ung pinalabas nila. after all, sila nman ung nagpa film fest dba? alangan nman ang sisihin ko sa maling subs eh ang gobyerno? i pointed the blame to cinemanila kasi they are responsible for the product they are offering.
credibility nila nakataya sa mga inooffer nilang movie. eh kung hindi pla tama ung mga subs na nsa mga foreign movies na inooffer nila eh d wag nlang sila magpa filmfest. job nila un to provide quality films, pro kung hindi accurate eh di wag nlang.
yun lang po. hi alex. to Richo, ewan ko nlang sino mas bobo sa atin. tsktsk. O_o
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love love the film a lot!!!
even the songs. i downloaded the ost and im starting to sing it in thai.
mario maurer is the love of my life.
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@jj:
anchor free ba gamit u?
pwede pa share????
ym: rtventura
thanks a lot!
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@ralph, have you seen movies from other festivals? mukhang first time mo manuod at dahil lang sa love of siam, tsk tsk tsk
fyi, i’ve seen a lot of foreign movies and it’s not always 100% accurate. it’s not right that you blame the organizers, it’s not that easy to organize a film festival. dapat magpasalamat ka sa kanila dahil napanuod mo yung ‘love of siam’ at hindi kung anu-ano sinasabi mo. bukod sa LOS, my iba ka pa bang pinanuod sa festival? i bet wala kasi hindi na kaya ng brain mo intindihin hahaha
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@luis: lolz. i think ur from Cinemanila. yes, ive seen other festival movies too. mukhang tinamaan ka sa sinabi ko. oh well, i rest my case. Godbless =p
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kung hindi pla madali mag organize ng film festival at kung nag-ooffer pla sila ng foreign movies na hindi accurate ang subs, hindi nako manood ng any Cinemanila offerings. ganun pla reason nila. tsktsk.
and no, hindi ako dpat mgpasalamat sa kanila kasi i can always download any movie i wanna see. just as long as may torrent file. ok, luis/richo? ^_^
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ang bobo naman ni ralph… can’t help commenting
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i’m now downloading FRIENDSHIP,also a film of Mario Mauer,heheheh
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gwapo nya tlaga!!..tama lang sken ung ganyang body..hehe! bata pa naman sya..pero ung nipples nya ah…malaman..prang kay gerald anderson..sarap i lick and suck haha!
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@atenggel: pagpasensyahan mo na po si ralph, marami talagang ganyan sa mundo eh hehehehe
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ahm.. cAn i ask wEr u dOwnload mOvies?? kc sa youtube putol2 eh.. tnXx.. ;]
i wAtched his move lOve of siAm.. i rEally got into it.. but the ending so sAd.. hehe
dAmi hirAp dnAnan ku bgo mAtapos ung movie.. tAgal ng download.. tska putol2..
but it’s stil wOrth it..
i wAnt to wAtch his other movie.. ung sa tAas.. ^^^ Friendship..
sAn kau ng dO2wnload or anu prOgram gmit niu??
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OMG!!! he’s sooooo cute!!! i wish i can have him as my boyfriend!
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Amazing! This is a good thing for my baby Mario! hahaha… I’m still in to the LOS syndrome!
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i love mario
but i love pchy (witwisit/mew) more (kainlove, romantiko kung kumanta,)
shocks 4 mos ago ko pa napanood ang movie na to hanggang ngayun hook pa rin ako
best pink film ever kahit sino maiinlove
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I LOVE YOU TONG
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he reminds me of matt evans. the same way matt evans reminds me of him… hahaha…
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This movie, truelly is very nice. made alot of friends watch it! and I still am making other barkadas to watch it with me. heehee… oh i shall hang out siam square. becuase maria maurer said on an interview he still loves going to siam square and frequents the chatuchak market! yahoo!!! i shall hang out ova there. hopes of finding tong! haha
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Masgwapo nga siguro si Mario but I’m more attracted to Witwisit kasi nakakainlove yung character niya.
Kahapon ko lang napanood yung Love of Siam (director’s cut yung napanood ko). Last time I took the bus, di ko mapigilang umiyak nang umiyak while thinking of that movie. Definitely one of the best films I’ve watched.
Gusto ko tuloy bumili ng soundtrack ng LOS at ng album ng August (the band actually exists).
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i love watching “The Love of Siam” because I can see myself on both Mew and Tong and family situations as well. I have the LoS syndrome.
Mario is hot. Pero I’m more interested kay Witwisit a.k.a. Pchy (or Pitch). Siguro na rin kasi sa character that Pchy portrayed. Everytime I watch LoS naiiyak ako. Sana magkaron ng sequel tong movie na to kasi when it ended, I had this one question:
Kung iniwan ni Tong si Donut para kay Tong, bakit di sila nagkatuluyan (aside from the fact that Tong is a Christian and ayaw ng mom nya yung kung ano mang relasyon meron sila)..
Yun lang.
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i love watching “The Love of Siam” because I can see myself on both Mew and Tong and family situations as well. I have the LoS syndrome.
Mario is hot. Pero I’m more interested kay Witwisit a.k.a. Pchy (or Pitch). Siguro na rin kasi sa character that Pchy portrayed. Everytime I watch LoS naiiyak ako. Sana magkaron ng sequel tong movie na to kasi when it ended, I had this one question:
Kung iniwan ni Tong si Donut para kay Mew, bakit di sila nagkatuluyan (aside from the fact that Tong is a Christian and ayaw ng mom nya yung kung ano mang relasyon meron sila)..
Yun lang. (sorry mali ung una. parehong Tong nilagay ko sa last sentence hehe..)
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ano yan toothpick? haha.
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ai grabe…nung una kong pinanood ung love of siam parang wla lng….
lately ko lng na realize na maganda xa…
ndi ko tlga makakalimutan ung tag line:
“i cant stay with you as your boyfriend but it doesnt mean that i dont love you”..
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omg, i’ve seen the movie 20 times. i cried. i couldn’t stop watching the movie. too great, hurt me alot and gave me the feeling that i can’t find my ‘tong’ [char] and to accept the fact that no matter how you love it won’t last [ in my opinion, im only 16 and lonely, sad. sometimes i wonder why my other gay friends have boyfriends and i dont have any, in fact im prettier than my friends or maybe its because im a LADYBOY? or is it because im looking for a guy whose straight and not bi. due to loneliness and sadness, i always cover up what i feel inside by makin myself busy ] i love the movie, the actors [ especially mario maurer. (duh) ] ill promise to myself that when i reach the age of 20 ill be a transgender and change everthing from head to toe. ill show them how it feels to be in pain, ill make them fall for me and dump them.
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meron po ako full copy ng movie… 2007 pa kasi to pinalabas sa thailand.. san ko to pwede upload? malaki kasi yun file!
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sa crunchyroll.com, director’s cut ba yan?
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Ako din like yun movie ang ganda sobra!! Like ko din sya!
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Is he has sexual experience with gay?
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malai.
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I loved this movie. At the same time nainis ako sa ending but that’s just me. Well, buti na lang at walang namatay sa kuwento. It’s also refreshing to see a pink film that has no frontal nudity, garapal na sex at kung anu-anong usual na napapanood mo sa mga Pinoy pink films na nagpapanggap na indie pero actually papuntang soft porn na.
A perfect date movie for badings! Magaling si Chookiat, in fairness.
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i watch this movie in abroad, this can not consider totally a gay movie, part of growing up to those adolesence. but the movie touches me is the old songs which played on the last part his partner trying to look the meaning of the songs its already 60 yeaars old song, the singer already 82 years old. a korea gay movie, love no regret will release in my country 2009 jan. i hope it will be a nice movie like i have watch lalake sa parola, taiwan 17, hongkong a gay film all in my memories, i wishes we our gay watch the movie is not watching the sexy part its an art. the movie giving us good moral lessons
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OFFICIAL MARIO’s FRIENDSTER
http://profiles.friendster.com/ohmario
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