Changes in the Village

(1963)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1963

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: Sri Lanka

Director: Lester James Peries

Cast: Punya Hiendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Wickrema Bogoda, Trelicia Gunawardena, Gamini Fonseka, මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා

Plot

Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.