Mansion by the Lake

Mansion by the Lake

106 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 2002

Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.

Mansion by the Lake

106 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 2002

Mansion by the Lake
Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.
Producers Lester James Peries Productions, Taprobane Pictures
Original title Wekanda Walauwa
Directors Lester James Peries
Writers Somaweera Senanayake, Lester James Peries

Cast

Malini Fonseka

as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow

Vasanthi Chathurani

as Sita, the adopted girl

Sanath Gunathilake

as Gunapala, the brother

Paboda Sandeepani

as Aruni, the teenager

Ravindra Randeniya

as Lucas, the upstart

Iranganie Serasinghe

as Aunt Catherine

Asoka Rodrigo

as Inspector Alwis

Nuwangi Liyanage

as The servant

Ranjit Rubasinghe

as The activist student

Elson Divituragama

as Valet in mansion

Lucky Dias

as The lawyer

Dayananda Jayawardena

as The mansion's caretaker

Senaka Wijesinghe

as Kirthie Bandara, rebel