Wekande Walauwa

Wekande Walauwa
Ravindra, Malini, Paboda and Vasanthi starring.
Directed by	Lester James Peries
Starring	Malini Fonseka Ravindra Randeniya Vasanthi Chathurani
Release date	2003
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Wekande Walauwa (Mansion by the Lake) is a 2002 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of wealthy people in Sri Lanka. As per the film director the story is inspired by Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard adapted to a Sri Lankan family context. It was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. The film was the country's first ever submission for the Academy Awards.

Cast

• Malini Fonseka - Mrs.Sujata Rajasuriya
• Ravindra Randeniya - Lucas
• Vasanthi Chathurani - Sita
• Sanath Gunathilake - Gunapala
• Paboda Sandeepani - Aruni
• Iranganie Serasinghe - Aunt Catherine
• Lucky Dias - The lawyer Muthugoda

Academy Awards Submission

Wekande Walauwa was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards which was held in 2003 under the category of 'Award for Best Foreign Language Film' by a Sri Lankan Director.

Notes

• Film Review in Spirituality & Health by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
• Film Review in Slant Magazine
• Film de Culte
• Page in Rotten Tomatoes
• Asiatica Film Mediale 2003
• Le Domaine
• Asia-Pacific Arts

External links

• Wekande Walauwa at IMDb
• National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka - Official Website
• Official Website of Lester James Peries in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka

See also

• List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
• Lester James Peries