The Forsaken Land

The Forsaken Land

Directed by	Vimukthi Jayasundara
Produced by	Chandana Aluthge
Written by	Vimukthi Jayasundara
Starring	Kaushalaya Fernando
Music by	Nadeeka Guruge
Cinematography	Channa Deshapriya
Edited by	Gisèle Rapp-Meichler
Release dates	14 May 2005
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

The Forsaken Land (Sinhalese: Sulanga Enu Pinisa) is a 2005 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or.^[1]

Cast

Kaushalaya Fernando - Soma
Nilupili Jayawardena - Lata
Hemasiri Liyanage - Piyasiri
Saumya Liyanage - Palitha
Pumudika Sapurni Peiris - Batti
Mahendra Perera

Reception

The film received fairly positive reviews from critics. The film holds a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 5.8/10.

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Forsaken Land". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-12.

External links

The Forsaken Land at the Internet Movie Database

Caméra d'Or winning films

1970s 1980s	Alambrista! (1978) Northern Lights (1979) Adrien's Story (1980) Desperado City (1981) Half a Life (1982) The Princess (1983) Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Oriana (1985) Noir et Blanc (1986) Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (1987) Salaam Bombay! (1988) My 20th Century (1989)

1990s	Freeze Die Come to Life (1990) Toto the Hero (1991) Mac (1992) The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994) The White Balloon (1995) Love Serenade (1996) Suzaku (1997) Slam (1998) Marana Simhasanam (1999)

2000s	Djomeh (2000) A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Seaside (2002) Reconstruction (2003) Or (My Treasure) (2004) Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) The Forsaken Land (2005) 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) Jellyfish (2007) Hunger (2008) Samson and Delilah (2009)

2010s	Año bisiesto (2010) Las Acacias (2011) Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Ilo Ilo (2013) Party Girl (2014) Land and Shade (2015)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 19, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.