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Films from the country "sri Lanka", sorted by revenue
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Challenges (2011)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sheshadre Priyasad, Pubudu Chathuranga, Roshan Ranawana, Lucky Dias, Vasanthi Chathurani, Sangeetha Weeraratne
, 1h50Directed by Uberto Pasolini
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Sports films, La précarité
Actors Pubudu Chathuranga, Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe
Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Manoj leaves the group at the last moment, but the rest fly to Germany. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the powers of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Demons in Paradise (2018)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
En 1983, Jude Ratnam, âgé de 5 ans, quitte Colombo avec sa famille pour échapper aux massacres commis à l'encontre des Tamouls par une partie de la population cinghalaise. Revenu plus de trente ans plus tard, il part à la recherche des témoignages de la guerre civile, qui, d'une lutte de libération nationale, s'est transformée en conflit fratricide entre groupes armés. Des civils et des guerrilleros témoignent de la cruauté des affrontements.
Light Arose (2017)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Historical
Actors Dilhani Ekanayake
The film screenplay was written by Saman Weeraman. It tells the story of a group of Sri Lankan Buddhist monks who recorded the teachings of the Buddha about 2,100 years ago during the reign of King Walagamba.
A Melody Of Love (2016)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Hemal Sachindra Ranasinghe, Aruni Rajapaksha
WarigaPojja (2014)
, 1h56Origin Sri Lanka
This is a time when the indigenous Sri Lankan tribesmen (Veddas) struggled with malaria around 1890. The film starts with their mother's death and the rest of the family leaving the cave with their mother's body.
Hiripoda Wassa (2006)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anarkali Aakarsha, Roshan Ranawana
"The story revolves round three teenagers - Prageeth, a younger, darker version of Hugh Grant, the son of a business tycoon (Vijaya Corea), whose fiance is Veena (Anarkali Akarsha); Sithum, the son of a Postman (Jayalath Manoratne) is in love with Pooja, (Chathurika Peiris) while Ramith who says he comes from the middle class, and is seduced by his biology teacher who as luck would have it lives in an apartment directly opposite his block of flats, nevertheless, voices every teenagers views of life when he says all he wants to do is to take things easy." (Shape eke jeevath venava).
Maharaja Gemunu (2015)
, 2h30Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Action, Historical
Actors Jackson Anthony, Yashoda Wimaladharma
King Elara was an extremely ambitious young man who used to be a soldier and a spy under King Kharawela of Kalinga, who ruled Southern Kingdoms of India during second century B.C. Lately, this same young man arrives at Lankadveepa in the guise of an overseas naval chief to invade and thereby threaten the prosperity of the Kingdom. Although Elara wins the Kingdom of Rajarata after having killed King Asela, there were two things that constantly bothering him. Firstly, the kingdom of Ruhuna that continued to be independent and therefore out of the menacing clutches of the invader. Secondly, a certain prophecy inscribed by King Devanampiyatissa.
Silent Night (2014)
Origin Sri Lanka
When a young boy loses his first love, he becomes lonely and sad. He tries desperately to find a solution to his loneliness, while still believing that his lost love will eventually return to him. He uses drugs and alcohol to forget, but it is not successful. He keeps waiting, expecting his ex-girlfriend to return, but she never comes back. The beautiful young girl feels remorse for what she did to her boyfriend. Even though she was the one who ended the relationship, she still loved the young boy. She thinks about asking for forgiveness and starting their relationship over again, and eventually sends a text message to her ex-boyfriend saying that she still loves him.
Kalpanthe Sihinayak (2014)
, 1h58Origin Sri Lanka
Actors Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe
It is essentially a love story between an architect and a beautiful village girl. The architect, Kalpana, travels to a hill country village for work and it is there that meets Menaka. Kalpana faces many challenges with a local group of thugs secretly investigating King Ravan's Ancestry Book. Menaka is a part of Ravan's Ancestry. Her father was murdered by some hidden enemies because of a conflict over a secret document regarding the Ravan Ancestry. Kalpa gets more intrigued about this matter and turns to the monk at the village temple for advice.
The Singing Pond (2015)
, 1h59Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Musical
A new teacher named Uma, portrayed by Anasuya Subasinghe, arrives at a school with her piano in a remote village near Dambulla in Sri Lanka. The school has few students, with only the principal (Lucian Bulathsinghala) and Uma as teachers. With the help of Uma, the pupils gradually start to dream of bigger things than they ever imagined.
Mille Soya (2004)
, 1h50Directed by Boodee Keerthisena
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jackson Anthony, Sanath Gunathilake, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Kamal Addararachchi
This film narrates about a group of young Sri Lankan musicians illegally migrating to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus. The film articulates the lost dreams of Sri Lankan Youth that are caught between Sri Lankan civil war and corrupt politics and follows through their journey into hope.
With You, Without You (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Prasanna Vithanage
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Anjali Patil
Sarathsiri, a man in his mid 40s, runs a pawn shop from his two-storied building in a remote town surrounded by tea plantations. He broods, rarely talks and in his spare time intently watches professional wrestling on TV.