Maleficent (film)

Maleficent m l f s n t or m l f s n t is a 2014 American epic dark fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton and starring Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Brenton Thwaites, Hannah New, Kenneth Cranham, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville. The film is a liveaction reimagining of Walt Disneys 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, portraying the story from the perspective of the antagonist, Maleficent.

A powerful fairy named Maleficent lives in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a corrupt human kingdom. As a young girl, she befriends and falls in love with a human peasant boy named Stefan, whose affection for Maleficent is overshadowed by his ambition to become king. As the two grow older, they become estranged, and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors. When King Henry Kenneth Cranham tries to conquer the Moors, Maleficent Angelina Jolie commands primeval forces and makes him retreat. Mortally wounded in battle, he declares that whoever kills Maleficent will be named his successor and will marry Princess Leila, his only daughter.Stefan Sharlto Copley visits Maleficent in the Moors and drugs her, but cannot bring himself to kill her. Instead, he uses a chain made of iron, which burns fairies, to cut off Maleficents wings which he then presents to the dying king as proof of her death. Devastated by Stefans betrayal, a now wingless and hatefilled Maleficent declares herself Queen of the Moors, turning it into a dark and oppressive realm. Diaval Sam Riley, a raven she has saved and to whom she sometimes gives human or other forms, acts as her wings, spy, and confidant. ........

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