Village in The Jungle

Name: Village in The Jungle
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-01-01
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Rating: 7.20
Cast: Malini Fonseka, David Dharmakirthi, Arthur C. Clarke, Joe Abeywickrama

– Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.20 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 10 Minutes

Release Year:

1980

Original Name:

බද්දේගම

Village in The Jungle — Village in the Jungle (1980) - Also known as බද්දේගම

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.

Story Timeline:

Turn Of The Century

Producing Country:

Sri Lanka

Filming Locations:

Sri Lanka

Genre:

Drama

Language:

Sinhalese, English

Directed by:

Lester James Peries

Story Written By:

Leonard Woolf, Lester James Peries, A.J. Gunawarda

Main Actors:

Malini Fonseka, David Dharmakirthi, Arthur C. Clarke, Joe Abeywickrama

Plot:

The lives of a poor family in a small village called Beddagama as they struggle to survive the challenges presented by poverty, disease, superstition, the unsympathetic colonial system, and the jungle itself.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.3/10