Maleficent, a tale of vengeful fairy
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Based on Disney’s Sleeping Beauty La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault ‘Maleficent’ a dark fantasy adventure movie-reimagining of Walt Disney’s 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty directed by Robert Stromberg is now being screened at Savoy 3D cinema, Wellawatte. Starring Angelina Jolie as the eponymous Disney villainess character, the film portrays the sleeping beauty story from the perspective of the antagonist, Maleficent.
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
The film is played by Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Sam Riley and Brenton Thwaites.