Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle

1980
2h 10m
5.8

5.8/10

5 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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.

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Production Information

Production Countries
Sri Lanka
Spoken Languages
Sinhalese

Keywords

sri lanka

Quick Facts

Original Title බැද්දේගම
Release Date January 1, 1980
Status Released
Language SI
IMDb ID tt0080409

Cast

Joe Abeywickrama
Joe Abeywickrama

Silindu

Malini Fonseka
Malini Fonseka

Punchi Menika

Vijaya Kumaratunga
Vijaya Kumaratunga

Babun

Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke

Leonard Sidney Woolf

Henry Jayasena
Henry Jayasena

Village Headsman

Tony Ranasinghe
Tony Ranasinghe

Fernando

Nadika Gunasekera
Nadika Gunasekera

Hinnihamy

David Dharmakithri
David Dharmakithri

Mudalithana

Trelicia Gunawardena
Trelicia Gunawardena

Silindu's Sister

D.R. Nanayakkara
D.R. Nanayakkara

Exorcist

Asoka Peiris
Asoka Peiris

Mr. Perera

Vincent Vaas
Vincent Vaas

Priest

Key Crew

Lester James Peries
Writer
Lester James Peries
Director
A.J. Gunawarda
Writer