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.
Director: Lester James Peries
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Joe Abeywickrama as Silindu |
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Malini Fonseka as Punchi Menika |
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Vijaya Kumaratunga as Babun |
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Arthur C. Clarke as Leonard Sidney Woolf |
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Henry Jayasena as Village Headsman |
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Tony Ranasinghe as Fernando |
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Nadika Gunasekera as Hinnihamy |
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David Dharmakithri as Mudalithana |
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Trelicia Gunawardena as Silindu's Sister |
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D.R. Nanayakkara as Exorcist |
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Asoka Peiris as Mr. Perera |
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Vincent Vaas as Priest |
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Wijerathna Warakagoda as |
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Nawanandana Wijesinghe as Lawyer |
| Writing | Leonard Woolf | Novel |
| Writing | Lester James Peries | Writer |
| Directing | Lester James Peries | Director |
| Writing | A.J. Gunawarda | Writer |
| Camera | Willie Blake | Director of Photography |
