Very loosely based on Anton Chekov’s the Cherry Orchard, the film follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind. A deeply moving study of a caste and a country torn apart by social change. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 5.0/10 | |
Released: | August 27, 2003 | |
Runtime: | 106 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Lester James Peries Productions Taprobane Pictures | |
Cast: | Malini Fonseka Vasanthi Chathurani Sanath Gunathilake Paboda Sandeepani | |
Crew: | Anton Chekhov Lester James Peries Somaweera Senanayake | |
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