Tum Teav (2003)

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Cambodia

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How it feels

A young couple named Tum and Teav fall deeply in love but face obstacles from family and society. Their story ends in tragedy, illustrating a Cambodian proverb about mothers' influence over daughters' marriages.

tragicromanticemotionalslow-pacedfolkloricpoignantheart-wrenchingmelancholic

What happens

Tum Teav (Khmer: ទុំទាវ) is a 2003 Romance-tragedy Cambodian film portraying the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers Tum and Teav. The film was inspired by a love story - Tum Teav - which has been told throughout Cambodia since the 19th century, and revived an old Cambodian proverb that says "The cake is never bigger than the basket" (នំមិនធំជាងនាឡិ), meaning that the daughters (cake) were thought that they would not find a good husband without the help of their mothers (basket). The 2003's film of this traditional story became very popular that year in Phnom Penh, selling full box-office in all the capitals' theaters for a full season, getting good reviews to the point of being called the "fuel revival" of the long defunct Cambodian Cinema industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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