Elegy For A Mother

Overview

Sumanawathie's elder son is a Buddhist monk. Her daughter has run from home and married a man who ignores and quarrels with the daughter. Sumanawathie's younger son Saliya gets a job as a soldier. Sumanawathi gets upset as she is left alone in her house. As the film progresses she gets to know that her son has disappeared during a war operation. Her health declines rapidly. After a long time, Saliya comes again to her home alive. Meanwhile her elder son is killed by terrorists when he travels with a team to distribute goods to the poor people.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 15, 2006

Original language

Sinhala

Spoken languages

Sinhalese

Production

Silumina Films

Cast

Gayani Gisanthika,Sanath Gunathilake,Sarath Kothalawala,Thesara Jayawardane,Daya Thennakoon,Pradeep Dharmadasa,Roshan Pilapitiya,Palitha Silva,Tissa Abeysekera,Douglas Ranasingheand 1 more

Director

Lester James Peries

Writer

Somaweera Senanayake

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1085359