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Mansion by the Lake is a Sri Lankais film of genre Drama directed by Lester James Peries with Ravindra Randeniya
Mansion by the Lake (2002)
Wekande Walauwa
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Add to a movie listWekande Walauwa (Mansion by the Lake) is a 2002 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of wealthy people in Sri Lanka. As per the film director the story is inspired by Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard adapted to a Sri Lankan family context. It was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
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Actors
Ravindra Randeniya
(Lucas)
Vasanthi Chathurani
(Sita)
Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe
(Aunt Catherine)
Lucky Dias
(The lawyer)
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