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Lester James Peries

Lester James Peries

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The Tree Goddess (2018)

Vaishnavee (The Goddess), (Sinhalese: වෛෂ්ණාවී) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. 1930's, Sri Lanka. Partly a compelling domestic drama, and a dem ...

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Elegy For A Mother (2006)

Sumanawathie's elder son is a Buddhist monk. Her daughter has run from home and married a man who ignores and quarrels with the daughter. Sumanawathie's younger son Saliya gets a job as a soldier. Sumanawathi gets upset as she is left alone in her house. A ...

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The Garden (2003)

The calm, dull marriage of a young woman and her much older husband is disturbed when the man's younger brother arrives at their home. ...

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Mansion by the Lake (2002)

Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they ...

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Awaragira (1990)

Awaragira is a 1990 Sri Lankan film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Dilman Jayaratne for Dil Films. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Iranganie Serasinghe and Tony Ranasinghe in lead roles along with Lucky Dias and Vasanthi Chathurani. Music compo ...

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Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa (1988)

A village woman and her young son face various hardships because of the untimely death of her husband. ...

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Kaliyugaya (1982)

This is the sequel to Sri Lankan director Lester James Peries' Changes in the Village made in 1964, about a young couple who grew to love each other after entering into an arranged marriage. In Kaliyugaya the young couple have aged, their children are scat ...

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Baddegama (1980)

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 ...

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Gahanu Lamai (1978)

The Girls is about the growing up of two schoolgirl sisters and the disappointments to which they are condemned by their impoverished backgrounds. ...

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White Flowers for the Dead (1978)

Dr. Sarath (Tony Ranasinghe) domineers over his timid wife Vineetha (Sriyani Amarasena). When she is to have a Caesarean delivery of their baby, Sarath refuses to be present even though he himself is a doctor. She dies during surgery and Sarath is forced t ...

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Mangrove Island (1976)

Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive ...

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The God King (1974)

Epic tale set in 5th century Sri Lanka, following the battle for the throne between Kassapa and his father King Dhatusena ...

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The Treasure (1972)

Based on a short story written by G.B. Senanayake in one of his short story collection known as "The Revenge," the film revolves around a murder committed for the purpose of gaining access to a hidden treasure. ...

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Desa Nisa (1972)

Nirudaka, a man rejected from the people around him just because he's ugly, falls for a beautiful blind girl, Sundari. After their marriage he and his mother try to cure her blindness although Nirudaka doesn't like it because he thinks her wife will not be ...

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Silence of the Heart (1969)

Dhammi is a mischievous schoolgirl, Sugath a shy and introverted boy new in school. Dhammi is immediately attracted to him and they become friends. The friendship eventually develops in to a special relationship, but when Sugath reveals his love for her sh ...

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Between Two Worlds (1966)

The son of a newly rich industrialist becomes embroiled in a murder cover-up. ...

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Changes in the Village (1963)

Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the s ...

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Sandesaya (1960)

Sandesaya (Sinhalese language word meaning The Message) is a 1960 film. The film based on the war between the Sinhalese people and the Portuguese invaders in Sri Lanka. It was directed by Sri Lankan film director Lester James Peries. It was produced by K. ...

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The Line of Destiny (1956)

A sprawling portrait of rural life in Sri Lanka; the story revolves around a boy and his friend--a blind girl who he accidentally 'heals' by giving her sight. Though the girl believes the boy healed her, in reality the boy has no such powers. The father of ...

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Movies Starring Lester James Peries (2)

Celluloid Man (2012)

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant. ...

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Cineaste From Another Time (2003)

Documentary about Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peries ...

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