Village in the Jungle

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.

5.8

130 min

Cast

Joe Abeywickrama

as Silindu

Malini Fonseka

as Punchi Menika

Vijaya Kumaratunga

as Babun

Arthur C. Clarke

as Leonard Sidney Woolf

Henry Jayasena

as Village Headsman

Tony Ranasinghe

as Fernando

Nadika Gunasekera

as Hinnihamy

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

Nawanandana Wijesinghe

as Lawyer

Director

Lester James Peries