Baddegama (1980)
- Directed by
- Lester James Peries
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A poor family in a rural Sinhala village struggles against harsh nature and colonial authority in early 20th century Sri Lanka. Their lives are shaped by poverty and superstition.
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What happens
Beddegama (The Village in the Jungle) is a 1981 Sinhala drama film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf. Sir Arthur C. Clarke also has a minor role in the film as an English Judge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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