''Twilight'' ( km, សន្ធិប្រកាស, ; french: Crépuscule) is a 1969 Cambodian film composed, written, produced, and directed by
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
, who also stars in the lead role of Prince Adit.
Plot
This film by Prince
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
is based on the book ''Angkor'' by the famous French archaeologist
Bernard Groslier in which he described the beauty of the temples of
Angkor. Sihanouk created a triangular love story which has as background the temples of
Angkor, with an
Indian heroine (Maharani Maya), role played in the film by his wife Princess
Monique
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used ...
, who falls in love with a
Khmer prince (Prince Adit).
Cast
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Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
as Prince Adit
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Monique Sihanouk as Maharani Maya
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Kong Sam Oeurn
Kong may refer to:
Places
* Kong Empire (1710–1895), a former African state covering north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire and much of Burkina Faso
* Kong, Iran, a city on the Persian Gulf
* Kong, Shandong (), a town in Laoling, Shandong, China
* Kong, I ...
as Rudolf Valentino
*
Kishin Relwani as
Ambassodor
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Dy Saveth
Dy Saveth ( km, ឌី សាវ៉េត, UNGEGN: ; born 1944) is a Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia (1959) often referred to as the "actress of tears". She is "one of the most beloved actresses from the 1960s era of Cambodian film". ...
as Sopheap
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Visakha Tioulong as Madame Visakha
*
Som Sam Al
Reception
The film won the Golden Apsara Award at the 1969
Phnom Penh International Film Festival.
It was screened at several festivals internationally, including the 4th
International Film Festival of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...
.
See also
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Angkor
References
External links
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{{Norodom Sihanouk
1969 films
Cambodian drama films
Khmer-language films