Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle (1980)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1980-01-01
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 10min
  • Language: සිංහල
  • Production Country: Sri Lanka
  • Director: Lester James Peries
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Summary

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.

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  • Joe Abeywickrama

    as Silindu

  • Malini Fonseka

    as Punchi Menika

  • Vijaya Kumaratunga

    as Babun

  • Arthur C. Clarke

    as Leonard Sidney Woolf

  • Henry Jayasena

    as Village Headsman

  • Tony Ranasinghe

    as Fernando

  • Nadika Gunasekera

    as Hinnihamy

  • David Dharmakithri

    as Mudalithana

  • Trelicia Gunawardena

    as Silindu's Sister

  • D.R. Nanayakkara

    as Exorcist

  • Asoka Peiris

    as Mr. Perera

  • Vincent Vaas

    as Priest

  • Wijerathna Warakagoda

    as

  • Nawanandana Wijesinghe

    as Lawyer
Writing Leonard Woolf Novel
Writing Lester James Peries Writer
Directing Lester James Peries Director
Writing A.J. Gunawarda Writer
Camera Willie Blake Director of Photography

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