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Vimukthi Jayasundara – Sulanga Enu Pinisa aka The forsaken land (2005)
‘The Forsaken Land’ Tells the Tale of Sri Lanka’s Walking Wounded By MANOHLA DARGIS (The New York Times) Published: June 23, 2006 Some films offer up their mysteries openly; others, like the quietly...
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Dharmasena Pathiraja – Ponmani AKA Younger Sister (1977)
Ponmani comes from the highest caste in Tamil society, but her family has fallen on hard times and can’t even pay what they owe on her married eldest sister’s dowry, let alone find dowries for her and...
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Dharmasena Pathiraja – Bambaru Avith AKA The Wasps Are Here (1977)
Malini Fonseka and Vinjaya Kamaratunga acted together in 41 films, and The Wasps are Here (1978) is one of their pairings. Fonseka is a young girl engaged to a young fisherman and Kamaratunga is the...
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Dharmasena Pathiraja – Soldadu Unnahe AKA Old Soldier (1981)
Though veteran director Dharmasena Pathiraja was noted for his leftist leanings, he said that the Marxists were “out of touch with the realties of the people, their material conditions, power, and...
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Lester James Peries – Rekava (1956)
A Palme d’Or contender in 1957, “Rekava” is the first “real” Sri-Lankan film as distinguished from the Indian film industry. It’s the first Sri-Lankan film to be shot outdoors and the first film by...
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Sumitra Peries – Gahanu Lamai (1978)
A rather sad tale of impossible love from first-time director Sumitra Peries, wife of famed Sri Lankan director Lester James Peries. A boy and girl fall for each other though they know this can never...
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Visakesa Chandrasekaram – Paangshu AKA Earth (2020)
Paangshu revolves around Babanorna (Nita Fernando), a launderer belonging to one of the lowest castes in Sri Lanka. Babanorna is summoned to an identification parade where she identifies Lionel as one...
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