Demons in Paradise (2018)

Directed by

Jude Ratnam

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sri Lanka

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the lasting scars of the Sri Lankan Civil War on both Sinhalese and Tamil communities. The filmmaker shares his own perspective and critiques the actions of the Tamil Tigers.

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What happens

Demons in Paradise is a 2017 trilingual Sri Lankan based documentary feature film written by Isabelle Marina and directed by Jude Ratnam in his directorial debut depicting the worst consequences for both Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils due to the 30 year long endured Sri Lankan Civil War. The portions of the film were mostly shot in Sri Lanka and was set in France. The film had its world premiere (special screening) during the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in May 2017 and was opened to highly positive reviews making it as an internationally acclaimed and recognised film. Jude Ratnam became the first Tamil filmmaker to openly criticise the Tamil Tigers through the plot of the documentary film and the film received criticism among Sri Lankan Jaffna Tamils for the storyline. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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