Maria

Country

Sri Lanka

How it feels

A group of Indonesian fishermen face a terrifying ordeal at sea. The film is based on a true incident and was shot entirely in deep water off Sri Lanka.

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What happens

Maariya (also known as The Ocean Angel) (Sinhala: මාරියා, romanized: Maariya) is a 2022 Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller film directed by Aruna Jayawardene and produced by Indrajith Silva for D&D Films. The film stars all-men cast including, Mahendra Perera, Hemal Ranasinghe, Ashan Dias, Darshan Dharmaraj, Priyantha Sirikumara, Dasun Pathirana, and Suran Dasanayake. The film is based on a true incident faced by a group of Indonesian fishermen. It is notable that for the first time in Sinhala cinema, all the scenes of the film were filmed in the middle of the deep sea in Sri Lankan waters. The film participated in the 53rd International Film Festival of India. The film received positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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