Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I

(1997)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 24 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1997

Runtime: 180 мин

Country: Sri Lanka

Director: Dharmasiri Bandaranayake

Cast: Swarna Mallawarachchi, ජැක්සන් ඇන්තනී, Ravindra Randeniya, Hemasiri Liyanage, Somy Rathnayake, Miyuri Samarasinghe, W. Jayasiri, Suvineetha Weerasinghe, Ravindra Yasas, Lalitha Sarachchandra

Plot

Set during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.