Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle

130 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1980

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.

Village in the Jungle

130 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1980

Village in the Jungle
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title බද්දේගම
Directors Lester James Peries
Writers A.J. Gunawarda, Leonard Woolf, Lester James Peries

Cast

Joe Abeywickrama

as Silindu

Malini Fonseka

as Punchi Menika

Nadika Gunasekera

as Hinnihamy

David Dharmakithri

as Mudalithana

Trelicia Gunawardena

as Silindu's Sister

Henry Jayasena

as Village Headsman

D.R. Nanayakkara

as Exorcist

Asoka Peiris

as Mr. Perera

Tony Ranasinghe

as Fernando

Vincent Vaas

as Priest