The Eternal Mother (Burmese: ထာဝရအမေ), a Burmese drama film created by Sin Yaw Mg Mg is based on the true story novel, "Mother and I", by Dr. Khin Maung Win. This is the first cooperated film between Sin Yaw Mg Mg and May Than Nu who did not work together since their separation 12 years ago. Their son, Min Thant Mg Mg, work as a deputy director for this film. This film was aired in Singapore.[1][2]
| Eternal Mother | |
|---|---|
| ထာဝရအမေ | |
| Directed by | Sin Yaw Mg Mg |
| Written by | Dr. Khin Maung Win |
| Screenplay by | Moe Ni Lwin |
| Based on | the true story of the famous doctor, Dr Khin Mg Win |
| Starring | Nay Toe Wutt Hmone Shwe Yee Ye Aung May Than Nu |
Release date |
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| Country | Myanmar |
| Language | Burmese |
Plot
editKhin Maung Win is the son of a police officer. After his father retires from the police department, they moved to their home town, Wundwin. His mother, Daw Khin Khin, worked hard so that her children could go to school. Among her children, only Khin Mg Win passed the matriculation exam with three distinctions, and later he attended the University of Medicine, Mandalay. He then met with Khin Lay Yee. Not long after he became a professor, his mother died.[3][4]
Cast
editMain
edit- Nay Toe as Khin Maung Win
- Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi as Khin Lay Yi (spouse of Khin Maung Win)
- May Than Nu as Daw Khin Khin (Mother of Khin Maung Win)
- Ye Aung as Khin Maung Win's father
Supporting
edit- Htun Ko Ko as Khin Maung Win's deputy
- Zin Aung as Khin Maung Win's elder brother
Shooting locations
editMyanmar
editSingapore
editEngland
editAwards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Picture | Zin Yaw Films | Nominated |
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Actress | May Than Nu | Nominated |
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ye Aung | Nominated |
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Win Lwin Htet | Nominated |
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Director | Zin Yaw Maung Maung | Won |
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Sound | Thein Aung | Won |
| 2017 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Editing | Owin | Won |
References
edit- ^ Pann Myat Zaw (8 December 2017). "ထာဝရအမေ ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား မှ အဓိက သရုပ်ဆောင် ၃ ဦး ပရိသတ် နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံမည်". Mizzima (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ Thiha Toe (12 December 2017). "အမေအားလုံးကို ကိုယ်စားပြုတဲ့ "ထာဝရအမေ" ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "ထာဝရအမေ: Eternal Mother". Yangon Life (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ Cherry. "Eternal Mother Movie- May Than Nu Interview". Popular Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2018.