Why is Tum Teav story famous?

Tum Teav is the tragic love story of a talented novice monk named Tum and a beautiful adolescent girl named Teav. Well known throughout Cambodia since at least the middle of the 19th century, the story has been told in oral, historical, literary, theatre, and film versions.

Who was in tum TEAV?

Tum Teav (film)

Tum and Teav
Starring Danh Monika Son Sophea Chan DaraThy
Distributed by SSB Production
Release date July 12, 2003
Running time 120 minutes

Is Tum TEAV real?

Tum Teav (Khmer: ទុំទាវ [tom tiəw]; meaning “Tum and Teav”) is a mid-19th century Cambodian romantic tragedy folk tale. It is originally based on a poem and is considered the “Cambodian Romeo and Juliet” and has been a compulsory part of the Cambodian secondary national curriculum since the 1950s.

What does Tum Tum Teav stand for?

Tum Teav ( Khmer: ទុំទាវ) is a mid-19th century Cambodian romantic tragedy folk tale. It is originally based on a poem and is considered the “Cambodian Romeo and Juliet ” and has been a compulsory part of the Cambodian secondary national curriculum since the 1950s.

Did Tum really meet Teav through the backdoor?

It opposite to the truth which record that Tum actually encounter promise with Teav through the backdoor and at least in secret. This film is the first Khmer film ever to be released in more than 4 theatres in Cambodia including the biggest theatre in Cambodia. It opened with full audiences per theatre.

Is Tum Teav a sort of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?

While Romeo and Juliet ranks as one of Shakespeare’s most-performed plays, Tum Teav had developed by Pich Tum Kravel into Yike, a Khmer form of theatre which become the most popular play in the Yike repertoire. To the same case, Tum Teav also become a sort of Cambodian Tristan and Iseult, their narrative poem and death conclusion prove the claims.

Does Tum sleep with Teav’s mother?

But Teav accepts Tum in his house, hidden from her mother and they even sleep together with the complicity of the waitress, who has also feelings for Pich. As the Teav’s mother is back home, Tum manages to show up as he just comes to visit the family and to announce that he is not more a monk.