Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
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Cast
21 people
Dharmapriya Dias
Stanley
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Gihan De Chickera
Manoj
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Dharshan Dharmaraj
Suresh
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Namal Jayasinghe
Vijith
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Sujeewa Priyalal
Piyal
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Dayadewa Edirisinghe
Naseem
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Thaththa
Pitchchei Selvaraj
Nesa
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Kumara Thirimadura
Oaf
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Pubudu Chathuranga
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S. Selvsekaran
Father
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Pradeepan Puwabalasingham
AJ
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Sarath Karunaratne
PK
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Uberto Pasolini Director · Ruwanthie De Chickera Screenplay Stephen Warbeck Composer
Director Screenplay Writer Story
Uberto Pasolini
Screenplay Writer Story
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Composer
Stephen Warbeck
Composer
Lakshman Joseph De Saram
Cinematographer
Stefano Falivene
Editor
Masahiro Hirakubo
Production designer
Errol Kelly
Costume designer
Sandhiya Jayasuriya
Costume designer
Rob Nevis
Worldwide gross $283K · Budget $5M · First release August 29, 2008
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$282,884
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Redwave Films
Production
Babelsberg Film
Production
Shakthi Films
Production
StudioUrania
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
Germany · Italy · Sri Lanka · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
මචං
Original language
Sinhala
Spoken on screen
English · Sinhala
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 2008
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Germany · May 7, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
September 25, 2009 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
September 6, 2008 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
China
June 18, 2009 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
France
August 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Germany
November 20, 2009 · Physical
Japan
September 20, 2009 · Premiere · Fukuoka International Film Festival
South Africa
July 29, 2009 · Premiere · Durban International Film Festival
South Korea
May 8, 2009 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Sweden
January 23, 2009 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
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