Baddegama (1980)
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.
- Released
- 1980-01-01
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lester James Peries
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Vijaya Kumaratunga as Babun
- Malini Fonseka as Punchi Menika
- Joe Abeywickrama as Silindu
- Arthur C. Clarke as Leonard Sidney Woolf
- Henry Jayasena as Village Headsman
- Tony Ranasinghe as Fernando
- David Dharmakithri as Mudalithana
- Trelicia Gunawardena as Silindu's Sister
- D.R. Nanayakkara as Exorcist
- Asoka Peiris as Mr. Perera
- Vincent Vaas as Priest
- Wijerathna Warakagoda