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Baddegama

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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.

Directed byLester James Peries

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 10m
Language
SI
Released
January 1, 1980

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Vijaya Kumaratunga

Vijaya Kumaratunga

Babun

Malini Fonseka

Malini Fonseka

Punchi Menika

Joe Abeywickrama

Joe Abeywickrama

Silindu

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

Leonard Sidney Woolf

Henry Jayasena

Henry Jayasena

Village Headsman

Tony Ranasinghe

Tony Ranasinghe

Fernando

David Dharmakithri

Mudalithana

Trelicia Gunawardena

Trelicia Gunawardena

Silindu's Sister

D.R. Nanayakkara

D.R. Nanayakkara

Exorcist

Asoka Peiris

Mr. Perera

Creative team
Directed by
Lester James Peries
Lester James Peries
Written by
Lester James Peries
Lester James Peries
A.J. Gunawarda

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