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Whirlwind

2009 108 min English
Wubly rating 6.7 IMDb rating 7.4

Podi Eka, a village teenager without any education living with his poverty-stricken mother and sister. He cannot even write Amma (mother) Akka (sister) mama (me). Instead he draws three crosses on the wall in charcoal depicting the threesome. He works for his stepfather carrying water to the illicit brewery and experiences the rape of his sister by the stepfather, the bootlegger and the consequent suicide of his sister. He murders his stepfather in vengeance and spends 17 years in jail, returning to the village as an adult to help his uncle in farming and cattle rearing. He is still called Podi Eka. His attempts to start a new life fail on account of the tragic death of his mother and his own brutish desires.

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Athula Liyanage Director

First release January 1, 2009 · Produced in Sri Lanka · Original title Bambara Walalla

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Sri Lanka

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Original title

Bambara Walalla

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English

Spoken on screen

Sinhala

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Sri Lanka · January 1, 2009

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