PEACOCK LAMENT
synopsis
Amila comes from a small village in Sri Lanka. After losing his parents, he moves to Colombo. He works as a construction worker in a Chinese building site and looks after his four siblings. His sister Inoka suffers from a congenital heart defect and the only way to save her is an urgent and expensive surgery to be performed in India. While Amila is trying to find the money he needs, he just meets the wrong person at the right time, and gets caught up in the child trafficking business.
original title: | Peacock Lament |
country: | Italy, Sri Lanka |
sales agent: | Antipode Sales & Distribution [Israele] |
year: | 2022 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara |
film run: | 103' |
release date: | IT 1/10/2022 |
screenplay: | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara |
cast: | Akalanka Prabhashwara, Sabeetha Perera, Dinara Punchihewa, Lorenzo Acquaviva, Mahendra Perera, Lahiru Prasath, Amiththa Weerasinghe |
cinematography by: | Sisikirana Paranavithana |
film editing: | Beppe Leonetti |
art director: | Manjula Ayagama |
costumes designer: | Ajantha Alahakoon |
music: | Cristian Carrara |
producer: | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, Amil Abeysundara, Chiara Barbo, Andrea Magnani, Suranga Handapangoda, Yuganthi Yashodhara, Wathuhena Sangeetha, Nilnadee Godagama |
production: | Pilgrim Film, Sapushpa Expressions |
backing: | Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA - MIC |