Despite great poverty, a tenant farmer, his wife and their young son are relatively happy, until their quiet life is disrupted by the arrival of a timber merchant from the city. The truck driver who transports the timber makes friends with the family and helps them set up a small shop. The venture fails and their hope of a better life ends in tragedy. The farmer commits suicide. His wife and child have to fend for themselves and have to move to a slum in the city. The woman cannot manage alone and in a last attempt to survive in the harsh new world, she disappears. tackles topical social themes in a form derived from the popular film. investigates the many conflicts that emerge in a developing country like Sri Lanka.
- Director
- H.D. Premaratne
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Sri Lanka
- Year
- 1993
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 1995
- Length
- 105'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- The City
- Language
- Sinhalees
- Producers
- E.A.P. Films & Theaters, Soma Edirisinghe
- Sales
- E.A.P. Films & Theaters