Wekande Walauwa

Wekande Walauwa
වෑකන්ද වලව්ව
Ravindra, Malini, Paboda and Vasanthi starring.
Directed byLester James Peries
Screenplay byLester James Peries
Produced byAsoka Perera
Chandran Rutnam
StarringMalini Fonseka
Ravindra Randeniya
Vasanthi Chathurani
CinematographyK.A. Dharmasena
Edited byGladwin Fernando
Music byPradeep Ratnayake
Release date
  • 22 May 2003 (2003-05-22)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Wekande Walauwa (Mansion by the Lake) (Sinhala: වෑකන්ද වලව්ව) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language drama film directed by Lester James Peries. It stars Malini Fonseka, Vasanthi Chathurani, Sanath Gunathilake, Paboda Sandeepani, and Ravindra Randeniya. It was produced by Asoka Perera and Chandran Rutnam, and its score was composed by Pradeep Ratnayake.[1]

The story, based on Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard (1904), depicts conflict within a wealthy Sri Lankan family. The film was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] It was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for voting in the Academy Awards.[4]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the Bandaragama, Piliyandala and Panadura areas of Sri Lanka.[5]

Release

The film was screened at the grand finale of the Asian Film Festival in Mumbai on August 10, 2002.[6] Its initial release was delayed due to the Sri Lankan parliamentary election on April 2, 2003.[7]

Reception

Wekande Walauwa was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for voting in the Academy Awards, competing in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 75th ceremony in 2003.[6] The film received the Golden Felini Award from UNESCO.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Wekande Walawwa a film of repute". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Wekande Walauwa". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Lester's latest at Cannes". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Untitled". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Lester continues his line". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Lester wins more kudos for his work on films". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Wekande Walawwa show delayed". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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