Movies: Joe Abeywickrama

  • 1997
    Death on a Full Moon Day

    Death on a Full Moon Day (1997)

    Death on a Full Moon Day

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    Drama about a father who refuses to believe in his son's death at war....

    Death on a Full Moon Day
  • 1976
    Kolomba Sanniya

    Kolomba Sanniya (1976)

    Kolomba Sanniya

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    Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper-class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka. The film stars Geetha Kumarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema and Den...

    Kolomba Sanniya
  • 1980
    Village in the Jungle

    Village in the Jungle (1980)

    Village in the Jungle

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    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 ...

    Village in the Jungle
  • 2002
    The Compensation

    The Compensation (2002)

    The Compensation

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    An elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled-up feelings which had disturbed him throughout his life. Opening with the funeral of the elderly Guneris' wife the film follows the revelation of ...

    The Compensation
  • 1978
    The Wasps Are Here

    The Wasps Are Here (1978)

    The Wasps Are Here

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    Set in a fishing village named Kalpitiya, this movie explores tradition and exploitation because of capitalism in this small village....

    The Wasps Are Here
  • 1978
    The Girls

    The Girls (1978)

    The Girls

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    The Girls is about the growing up of two schoolgirl sisters and the disappointments to which they are condemned by their impoverished backgrounds....

    The Girls
  • 1972
    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon (1972)

    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

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    Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister....

    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
  • 1994
    Loku Duwa

    Loku Duwa (1994)

    Loku Duwa

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    "Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values....

    Loku Duwa
  • 2009
    The Road from Elephant Pass

    The Road from Elephant Pass (2009)

    The Road from Elephant Pass

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    The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 action thriller film produced, screen played and directed by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel The Road from Elephants Pass by Nihal De Silva...

    The Road from Elephant Pass
  • 1971
    Welikathara

    Welikathara (1971)

    Welikathara

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    An intense, cat-and-mouse drama between newly appointed ASP Randeniya and a local thug (Goring Mudalali). Randeniya's life gradually falls apart as he wages war against Goring Mudalali's crime syndicate, erupting in a shocking climax....

    Welikathara
  • 1987
    The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions)

    The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions) (1987)

    The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions)

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    This psychological drama attempts to dwell into the mind of Aravinda, whose Buddhist empathy and detachment are contrasted with his worldly friends and relatives. The English translation of the title, "The Way of the Lotus" implies Aravinda as Lotus-...

    The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions)
  • 1985
    A Woman in a Whirlpool

    A Woman in a Whirlpool (1985)

    A Woman in a Whirlpool

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    Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable Suddhi has to depend on Sirimewan Mudalalie, a shrewd businessman from town....

    A Woman in a Whirlpool
  • 1976
    Mangrove Island

    Mangrove Island (1976)

    Mangrove Island

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    Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restr...

    Mangrove Island
  • 1990
    Awaragira

    Awaragira (1990)

    Awaragira

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    Awaragira is a 1990 Sri Lankan film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Dilman Jayaratne for Dil Films. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Iranganie Serasinghe and Tony Ranasinghe in lead roles along with Lucky Dias and Vasanthi Chathurani. Music...

    Awaragira
  • 1970
    Thun Man Handiya

    Thun Man Handiya (1970)

    Thun Man Handiya

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    Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a new era of life when he moves to the Governmental Art Academy....

    Thun Man Handiya