Remakes and Sequel
After the highly success of the film in Cambodia, the film was then progressed in its story with the title The Snake Man Part 2 which was a co-production by Cambodia and Siamland starring Cambodian heartthrobs Chea Yuthorn (ជា យុទ្ធថន)and Dy Saveth (ឌី សាវ៉េត), together with formerly famous Thai actress Aranya Namwong and released at the following year of the prequel.
In 2001, The first full-length feature film to be produced in Cambodia since the Khmer Rouge era was directed by Fai Sam Ang. In fact, it was not "the first full-length feature film", if you can remember the success of the "Shadows of Darkness" by Yvon Hem (1988). The film starred 17-year-old début Cambodian actress Pich Chanbormey and Thai actor Winai Kraibutr. According the Similar plot,the film was said to be the remake of the 1970s film. In contrast,its different title which translated to The Snake King's Child suggested it was a sequel. The film, then become the sequel of the 1970s film. However, In 2005, A horror Romance film called The Snake King's Grandchild, which seem as the sequel of The Snake King's Child, was released and was also directed by the same director, Fai Sam Ang.
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“With spring the father-sky remakes the world:
The male shower has flowed into the bride,
Earth’s body; then shifted through sky and sea and land
To touch the quickening child in her deep side.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
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