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How to Be an Adult (1975)

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Original title
Eya Dan Loku Lamayek
Directed by
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Genre
drama
Country
Sri Lanka
Runtime
1h 51m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man navigates the challenges of growing up in 1970s Sri Lanka. He faces everyday pressures from family and society as he tries to find his own path.

introspectiveslice-of-lifecontemplativerealisticunderstatedcoming-of-agemelancholic

What happens

Eya Dan Loku Lamayek (How to Be an Adult) (Sinhala: එයා දැන් ලොකු ළමයෙක්) is a 1975 Sri Lankan drama film written and directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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