The ''Eternal Mother'' (), a Burmese drama film created by

Sin Yaw Mg Mg Sin Yaw Mg Mg or Zinyaw Maung Maung is Myanmar, Burmese film director and film producer. His 2004 film Hlyo-hwat-thaw-hnin or Mystery of Snow was released internationally. Biography His real name is U Lyn Aung. He is son of Burmese honorifics ...

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 May Than Nu (; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career. Biography May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်) in Mergui, Tenasserim Divisi ...

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.

Plot

Khin Maung Win is the son of a police officer. After his father retires from the police department, they moved to their home town,

Wundwin Wundwin () is a town in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. Wundwin, alongside Amarapura, is a major domestic center of traditional ''acheik'' weaving, although in recent years, cheaper factory-produced imitations from China and India have s ...

. 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 The University of Medicine, Mandalay (, ; formerly Institute of Medicine, Mandalay), located in Mandalay is one of five medical universities in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.,B.S.) degree and postgra ...

. He then met with Khin Lay Yee. Not long after he became a professor, his mother died.

Cast

Main

Nay Toe Nay Toe (; ; born Nay Lin Aung (; ; on 9 September 1981) is a Rakhine people, Rakhine film actor and comedian with the Anyeint, Burmese traditional anyeint troupe ''Htawara Hninzi''. He won Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards for Best Actor ...

as Khin Maung Win *

Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi (, , sometimes anglicized as Wut Hmone Shwe Yi; born on 10 August 1988) is a Burmese actress. She is recognized as Myanmar's highest-paid actress according to records .Also she is considered the most commercially successful a ...

as Khin Lay Yi (spouse of Khin Maung Win) *

as Daw Khin Khin (Mother of Khin Maung Win) *Ye Aung as Khin Maung Win's father

Supporting

*Htun Ko Ko as Khin Maung Win's deputy *Zin Aung as Khin Maung Win's elder brother

Shooting locations

Myanmar

Mandalay Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553. Mandalay was founded in 1857 by Ki ...

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

Pyin Oo Lwin Pyin Oo Lwin or Pyin U Lwin (, ; Shan: , ''Weng Pang U''), formerly and colloquially referred to as Maymyo (), is a scenic hill town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, some east of Mandalay, and at an elevation of . The town was estimated to have ...

Singapore

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

England

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

Awards and nominations

References

{{Reflist 2017 films