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Dark Night of the Soul

Original title: Anantha Rathriya
Year: 1996
Running time: 82 min.
Country: Sri Lanka
Director: Prasanna Vithanage
Screenwriter: Prasanna Vithanage. Novel: Leo Tolstoy
Cast: Swarna Mallawarachchi, Ravindra Randeniya, Yashoda Wimaladharma
Cinematography: M.D. Mahindapala
Genre: Drama
Movie Groups: Leo Tolstoy Adaptations
Synopsis: Suwisal has turned 40. He's a forgetful businessman, a philanderer, indifferent to life around him, including his young and lovely fiancée. A visit to the house of his childhood triggers memories that continue to cascade when he is called for jury duty to hear the case against Piyum, a servant he seduced and abandoned 20 years before. Now a prostitute, she is on trial for murder. Can he seek forgiveness, provide restitution, or reconnect with her in any way? Should he? Will her response help him overcome his moral lethargy?

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Dark Night of the Soul

1996

Prasanna Vithanage