Wekande Walauwa (2003)

Original title

වෑකන්ද වලව්ව

Directed by

Lester James Peries

Genre

drama

Country

Sri Lanka

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy Sri Lankan family faces internal conflict and change as they grapple with the fate of their ancestral mansion. The story follows their personal struggles and shifting relationships against a backdrop of tradition and loss.

slow-burnmelancholiccontemplativefamily-dramaelegiacbittersweetclassicalpoignant

What happens

Wekande Walauwa (Mansion by the Lake) (Sinhala: වෑකන්ද වලව්ව) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language drama film directed by Lester James Peries. It stars Malini Fonseka, Vasanthi Chathurani, Sanath Gunathilake, Paboda Sandeepani, and Ravindra Randeniya. It was produced by Asoka Perera and Chandran Rutnam, and its score was composed by Pradeep Ratnayake. The story, based on Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard (1904), depicts conflict within a wealthy Sri Lankan family. The film was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. It was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for voting in the Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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