Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I

Directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake

With Swarna Mallawarachchi, Jackson Anthony, Ravindra Randeniya, Hemasiri Liyanage and Somy Rathnayake

Set during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.