Sacrifice In Disney

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"Maleficent" explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides
Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king's newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy
Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever

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