The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines (aka Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia in the United Kingdom) is a 2011 Malaysian epic action film loosely based on the 16th century document Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. Released in Malaysia under the Malaysian language title Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, the film is directed, co-written, and co-produced by Yusry Abdul Halim. Narrating the early history of the state of Kedah, it stars Stephen Rahman Hughes as Merong Mahawangsa, who escorts Prince Marcus Carprenius of the Roman Empire to Langkasuka to marry Princess Meng Li Hua from the Han Dynasty of China, thus uniting the two powers of east and west. The aim of the making of this film was also an attempt to introduce the history and culture of the ethnic Malays internationally. This film was produced and distributed by KRU Studios.
This film was shown for the first time during a royal presentation on 25 February 2011. It was played in the cinemas nationwide beginning on 10 March 2011. It was released on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2011. This is the first Malaysian language feature film to be released in the Blu-ray format.Synopsis
En l'an 120 après JC. L'Empire Romain est à son apogée. En Chine, les Hans, la plus puissante dynastie, tente de s'étendre en Asie Centrale. Merong Mahawangsa, descendant d Alexandre Le Grand, doit escorter un prince Romain, Marcus Caprenius, en Asie du Sud pour y rencontrer la fille de l'empereur chinois. Ils doivent se marier sur un terrain neutre afin de réunir les deux civilisations de l'Est et de l'Ouest pour n'en former qu'une. Mais les pirates de la baie de Geruda ont d autres plans : ils attaquent la flotte romaine et capturent la princesse...
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