Winner
London Film Festival
Outstanding Film of the Year (1978)
AsianWomenDirectorsPublic Beta
Gehenu Lamai
Gahanu Lamai (Gehenu Lamai)
Directed by Sumitra Peries
1978•110 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Coming of Age
- Mood
- Tender
- Language
- Sinhala
- Featured in
- Pioneers
Synopsis
The Girls is about the growing up of two schoolgirl sisters and the disappointments to which they are condemned by their impoverished backgrounds.
Restoration
Selected Awards
Winner
Carthage International Film Festival
Diploma of Merit (1978)
Footnote
- First
Sri Lanka's first female film director — known as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema"
Main Cast
Vasanthi ChathuraniKusumawathie
Joe AbeywickramaDoctorAJAjith JinadasaNimal Hathurusinghe
JSJenita SamaraweeraSoma Liyanage
SAShayama AnandaPodmini
TGTrelicia GunawardeneMrs. Liyanage
CWChitra WakistaKamalawathie Satharasinghe
SPSenaka PereraMr. Liyanage
