Saumya Liyanage
Biography: Saumya Liyanage is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is a senior lecturer and currently the Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies in University of the Visual and Performing Arts by profession.
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Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
1997-10-05
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
Overview: Calcutta, 1946. Violence rages in India. Sister Teresa teaches at a convent, but is haunted by the faces of the starving, the poor and the homeless; the faces of those less fortunate than her. With only her faith in God, she leaves the convent to live in the slums and care for the poor. An surprisingly, even one of the most revered, selfless heroes questioned her purpose.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-05
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The Forsaken Land
2005-05-14
The Forsaken Land
Overview: A home-guard serviceman assigned the task of standing watch over a barren no-man's-land begins to experience an existential crisis after years of lonely service.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2005-05-14
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The Compensation
2002-02-22
The Compensation
Overview: An elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled-up feelings which had disturbed him throughout his life. Opening with the funeral of the elderly Guneris' wife the film follows the revelation of his past which is filled with a number of tragic events including a triple murder he had committed 52 years ago.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2002-02-22
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Pickpocket
2002-09-06
Pickpocket
Overview: A pickpocket (Linton Semage) is blamed by his wife for bringing misery to other families and as well as to their own home. Although he has promised to reform himself, he cannot find another line of work which would bring him a living wage. One day, after a morning of picking pockets, Kamal finds a photograph of his wife in a man's purse he had just stolen. This turns his life into chaos. He does not tell his wife about this and goes on searching for the owner of the purse. What he finds is only the beginning of his tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2002-09-06
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Alone in a Valley
2017-05-31
Alone in a Valley
Overview: A creative director of an Advertising Agency, going through an experience that he has never encountered before, where time has stopped.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-31
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Machan: La vera storia di una falsa squadra
2009-05-07
Machan: La vera storia di una falsa squadra
Overview: Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2009-05-07
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Some Day in the Future
2002-10-27
Some Day in the Future
Overview: This film is based on incidents that took place in the country within the last 20 years and the impact they caused on the lives of people. It also focuses on the wide-ranging problems faced by the youth of this country.The youth focused on are two young hired assassins, Lionel and Dhammika, who are hiding out while their deed is on every television. The same television also shows them John Travolta's violence in Pulp Fiction--strictly amateur stuff! While they are hiding in Colombo, Bandarawela and Ahatuwewa drink, try on hip-hop clothes, befriend an upper class girl. It's only a matter of time until their acts catch up to them. Will they escape once again?
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2002-10-27
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This Is My Moon
2000-12-09
This Is My Moon
Overview: Set in a Northern border village during the Sri Lankan Civil War, a Sinhalese soldier meets a Tamil girl in the battlefield. The soldier leaves the army with the girl, and goes back to his village. The arrival of the Tamil girl into this predominantly Sinhala village causes a stir within the community, where they collectively decide to send her to a refugee camp. "This is My Moon" is a controversial examination of village life, where rural myths are shattered to reveal a deeper reality of a society torn apart by war.
Genres: War
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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Under the Sun and Moon
2010-09-02
Under the Sun and Moon
Overview: A Coincidental meeting of a Soldier and an Army officer at a dark night, in a forest burning with war, between Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Soldier's efforts born out of sheer respect to save the life of his critically wounded senior Officer become futile at the end. At the Senior officer's death, the soldier nagged constantly by his conscience and its questioning, feels that he too was responsible for the death of his Senior Officer. in the face of this, the soldier begins to probe into the past of the Senior Officer's life and engages in boundless sacrifice to bring justice to him, and in that process soldier gets Senior Officer's past wrongs corrected.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2010-09-02
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Abá
2008-08-08
Abá
Overview: The childhood story of king Pandukabhaya (474 BC - 367 BC), the 6th monarch of Sri Lanka.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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My Kind of Hero
2010-12-10
My Kind of Hero
Overview: An adolescent boy with no birth certificate denied access to free education. He overwhelms the whole country and achieves what he has been dreaming in daylight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2010-12-10
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Still Here
2024-10-25
Still Here
Overview: They play the last song In the neighborhood bar, which is about to be destroyed by the expansion of a big city. Nico and his two children suddenly reappear in Sunil’s life, bringing back unresolved old pains.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-10-25
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Rani
2025-01-30
Rani
Overview: The film follows Dr. Manorani Saravanamuttu's relentless pursuit of justice after the tragic abduction and murder of her son, Richard de Zoysa, a journalist, writer, and human rights activist, in 1990.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2025-01-30
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