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    Baddegama

    130'

    1980-01-01

    6.6

    Drama

    Overview:

    Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language 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 titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf. Silindu is a hunter in a small village where he and his family endure a life of hardships. After facing disease and poverty under colonial rule, the final blow comes when Silindu is tried for murder.

    WritingLeonard WoolfDirectingLester James Peries

    Cast

    1

    Babun

    Vijaya Kumaratunga

    1

    Punchi Menika

    Malini Fonseka

    1

    Silindu

    Joe Abeywickrama

    1

    Leonard Sidney Woolf

    Arthur C. Clarke

    1

    Village Headsman

    Henry Jayasena

    1

    Fernando

    Tony Ranasinghe

    1

    Mudalithana

    David Dharmakithri

    1

    Silindu's Sister

    Trelicia Gunawardena

    1

    Exorcist

    D.R. Nanayakkara

    1

    Mr. Perera

    Asoka Peiris

    1

    Priest

    Vincent Vaas

    1

    Wijerathna Warakagoda

    1

    Lawyer

    Nawanandana Wijesinghe

    1

    Hinnihamy

    Nadeeka Gunasekara

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Sri Lanka
    • List of languages:
      1. Sinhalese
    • List of companies:
      1. Vote Count: 7
      2. Popularity: 1.9489
      3. Status: Released
      4. Original title:Baddegama

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