Moranak Meada

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Moranak Meada
Khmer DVD cover
Directed by	Fai Sam Ang
Written by	Fai Sam Ang Pi kon Ann
Starring	Ly Chan Siha Danh Monika Heng Bun Leap
Distributed by	SSB productions
Release date	2004 (2004)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Cambodia
Language	Khmer

Moranak Meada (Khmer:មរណមាតា) (English - Mother Death) is a Khmer 2004 fantasy/drama film which received several awards in Khmer film festival including second prize of silver award for best movies. The film is based on Khmer old folk tales, written in verse by Dhamma Panha Ouk in 1877, which similar to Thai legend Bla Boo Thong and European fairy tale Cinderella.

Plot[]

After her mother was killed by her father during a fishing trip, Komarey got a new name from the mother's death meaning Moranak Meada. Moranak Meada worked hard every day as her life was full of sadness and misery. She was also abused by her cruel, lazy stepmother and stepsisters and her un-caring father. However, her mother's body turned into a catfish to take care of her when she was sad. But the stepmother knew and started a plan to kill the poor catfish by using her daughter who had a face and appeara identical to Moranak Meada to lure the catfish into the trap and killed it for food. Moranak Meada found out and cried alone under the house but a talking duck gave her the fin of her mother, so she could plant it as it later that night miracly turned in the eggplant. The stepmother still cut out the eggplant and grilled it for food again but Moranak Meada still found the plant's leaf and buried it far away from the house as it suddenly grew as a little golden banyan tree which could talk to her every time she wanted to.

Many years later, Moranak Meada grew up as a beautiful and kind girl. Meanwhile, a Young King visited the village and loved the golden banyan tree and ordered his servants to take it but they couldn't until he asked Moranak Meada for it as well as he crowned her as his Queen. However, the stepmother and stepsisters started a plan to kill her and manage to get her daughter as Moranak Meada but the king knew and punish the fake Moranak Meada by killed her and chopped her for food, sent to her mother. The Mother and family was afraid and tried to run but was killed by a cobra.

Now, Moranak Meada was turned into a bird by a fairy and flew to live with her husband for waiting for becoming human again, but one of the king's girls hated the bird and wanted to kill it. But the bird was then rescued by a white king mouse which then killed the king's girl by biting her nose.

Three years later, the king found Moranak Meada as a human and now with a three-year-old son. They finally returned to the palace and lived happily ever after.