Very classic, very famous. 1959. Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman.
The longed-for daughter of King Stephan and Queen Leah, princess Aurora, is born and the whole country is happy. Still an infant, Aurora is bethrothed to the little prince Philip.
At her christening, the three fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather enter to bless the child. But before Aurora gets the blessing of Merryweather, the evil Maleficent enters, very angry for not being invited to the christening.
Maleficent give Aurora a curse. The poor child will die when she'll touch a spinning wheel before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. Luckily, Merryweather weakens the curse with her blessing. Instead of dying, Aurora will fall deeply asleep until her true love kisses her.
King Stephan destoys all spinning wheels in the country afterwards, to try to save his beloved daughter from a cruel destiny. But the three fairies realizes that nothing can save Aurora.
They bring the infant to a small cottage in the middle of a big forest, where they can let Aurora grow up, hidden from the evil eyes of Maleficent. For years and years, nobody knows where the princess is located.
When a gorgeous Aurora, dreaming of true love, is about to turn sixteen, the three fairies are afraid that she will be hurt. They love her as if she was their child, but will Aurora be saved from Maleficents curse?
A charming film. When I was really young, just a little child, I found Maleficent's green fire very scary. Aurora looks very unpleasant and her eyes did scare me then. So for very small kids, this film can contain one or two scary parts.
But I doubt that any older person would find this film scary, no horror here. It's maybe not always totally wonderful, but charming and sometimes funny.
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