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 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.
- Date of release
- 1980-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Lester James Peries
Casting
- Vijaya Kumaratunga — Babun
- Malini Fonseka — Punchi Menika
- Joe Abeywickrama — Silindu
- Arthur C. Clarke — Leonard Sidney Woolf
- Henry Jayasena — Village Headsman
- Tony Ranasinghe — Fernando
- David Dharmakithri — Mudalithana
- Trelicia Gunawardena — Silindu's Sister
- D.R. Nanayakkara — Exorcist
- Asoka Peiris — Mr. Perera
- Vincent Vaas — Priest
- Wijerathna Warakagoda
Interesting facts
Beddegama is a 1981 Sinhala drama 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 The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf. Sir Arthur C. Clarke also has a minor role in the film as an English Judge.
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