Village in The Jungle

– 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 (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.

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Language:

Sinhalese, English

Director:

Lester James Peries

Writer:

A.J. Gunawarda, Lester James Peries, Leonard Woolf (book)

Main Actors:

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

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