Pickpocket

Pickpocket

85 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2002

A pickpocket (Linton Semage) is blamed by his wife for bringing misery to other families and as well as to their own home. Although he has promised to reform himself, he cannot find another line of work which would bring him a living wage. One day, after a morning of picking pockets, Kamal finds a photograph of his wife in a man's purse he had just stolen. This turns his life into chaos. He does not tell his wife about this and goes on searching for the owner of the purse. What he finds is only the beginning of his tragedy.

Pickpocket

85 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2002

Pickpocket
A pickpocket (Linton Semage) is blamed by his wife for bringing misery to other families and as well as to their own home. Although he has promised to reform himself, he cannot find another line of work which would bring him a living wage. One day, after a morning of picking pockets, Kamal finds a photograph of his wife in a man's purse he had just stolen. This turns his life into chaos. He does not tell his wife about this and goes on searching for the owner of the purse. What he finds is only the beginning of his tragedy.
Producers Seli Films, Sri Lanka National Film Corporation Film Development Fund
Original title මගේ වම් අත
Directors Linton Semage
Writers Priyankara Ratnayake, Linton Semage

Cast

Linton Semage

as Pickpocket

Dilhani Ekanayake

as Kamal's wife

Saumya Liyanage

as Underground Pickpocket Leader

Sarath Kothalawala

as Farook

Gayani Gisanthika

as Ameena

Mahendra Perera

as Photographer