Village in the Jungle

Name: Village in the Jungle
Director: Lester James Peries
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-01-01T
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Joe Abeywickrama, Malini Fonseka, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Jayasena

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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 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.

Actor: Joe Abeywickrama, Malini Fonseka, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Jayasena, Tony Ranasinghe, Nadika Gunasekera, David Dharmakithri, Trelicia Gunawardena, D.R. Nanayakkara

Director: Lester James Peries

Years: 1980

Country: Sri Lanka

Quality: HD

Village in the Jungle

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