Director
Asoka Handagama
Composer
Rohana Weerasinghe
Cast
Saumya Liyanage, Dilhani Ekanayake, W. Jayasiri, Linton Semage, Anoma Janadari, Hemasiri Liyanage
Edition 2001
104'
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2000
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War, Drama, Romance
A trapped and frightened young Tamil woman falls into a bunker in which a Singhalese Army soldier cowers alone. The frightened woman life submits to his advances. After two nights alone with the woman the soldier deserts the Army. The deserter walks into this maelstrom of discontent unwillingly trailing another woman and thus upsetting the order of things. Jealousy, betrayals, hatred and lust now stalk the village. The film is completely about war, but it is something more than a mere war between two parties. It is a war in everyone's mind living in a village stricken with despair. Their only hope is that their sons, brothers and husbands will join the army. Then, they can live off the soldiers' wages, or reap the windfall of the compensation payment if their men are killed in action. The director depicts the how the individual mind works in war-torn society, how human relationships, religious beliefs, social customs, youthfulness and passion change dramatically in such a society.
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Credits
Directors
Asoka Handagama
Composers
Rohana Weerasinghe
Cast
Saumya Liyanage, Dilhani Ekanayake, W. Jayasiri, Linton Semage, Anoma Janadari, Hemasiri Liyanage
Scenario
Asoka Handagama
Director of Photography
Channa Deshapriya
Editors
Ravindra Guruge
Producers
Iranthi Abeyasinghe
More info
Countries of production
Sri Lanka
Year
2000