Village in the Jungle (1980)

Village in the Jungle (1980)

1980-01-01 Sri Lanka 130 Min. PG-13
5.8 5 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Malini Fonseka is Punchi Menika
Punchi Menika
Arthur C. Clarke is Leonard Sidney Woolf
Leonard Sidney Woolf
Henry Jayasena is Village Headsman
Village Headsman
Tony Ranasinghe is Fernando
David Dharmakithri is Mudalithana
Trelicia Gunawardena is Silindu's Sister
Silindu's Sister
Asoka Peiris is Mr. Perera
Mr. Perera
Vincent Vaas is Priest