Adapted from Leonard Woolf’s first novel, The Village in the Jungle brings to life the harsh realities of a remote village in British-colonial Ceylon. Deep within the jungle, Silindu, an outcast, knows only two things: hunting and caring for his daughters. He struggles to provide for them amid poverty, disease, superstition and exploitation. When a cunning debt collector and corrupt village officials entrap him in a false murder case, he is dragged before a legal system that neither understands his world nor speaks his language. With striking realism and emotional depth, the film paints a devastating portrait of survival on the margins. The film also features a rare on-screen appearance by science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke in a cameo role. Jayashika Padmasiri
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The Village in the Jungle
(Baddegama)
- Sri Lanka
- 1980
- Fiction
- Couleur
- 130′
- Sinhala
- 35 mm
- Titre français
Le village dans la jungle - Original title
Baddegama - Titre international
The Village in the Jungle - Scénario
A.J. GUNAWARDA, d'après le roman de Leonard WOOLF - Photo
Willie BLAKE - Montage
Gladwin FERNANDO - Musique
Nimal MENDIS - Interprétation
Joe ABEYWICKREMA, Marlini FONSEKA, Trilicia GUNAWARDENA, Vijaya KUMARATUNGA - Production
Lester James Peries Productions et Wilfried Perera
