Sunita, a middle-aged Sri Lankan woman, lives with her teenage son on the outskirts of a northern Italian city where she works as a caregiver. The relationship between mother and son is fraught with tension and silence. Having grown up in Italy, the boy is a cultural hybrid his mother struggles to understand, as she fights to live in a country to which she does not want to belong.
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Cast
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Julian Wijesekara
Also in
Si muore solo da vivi
Nella Pozzerle
Gianluca Arcopinto
Known for
Scarlet Diva
Aravinda Wanninayaka
Suranga Deshapriya Katugampala
Antonio Augugliaro
Louis Shirantha Fernando
Channa Deshapriya
Isabella Dilavello
Vishan Maduka Fernando
Lizi Gelber
Kaushalya Fernando
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The Forsaken Land
Mother Teresa
Suranga Deshapriya Katugampala Director · Aravinda Wanninayaka Screenplay Channa Deshapriya Cinematographer
First release November 19, 2016 · Produced in Italy · Languages Italian, Sinhala
Production
Gina Films
Production
Italy
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Original title
Per un figlio
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian · Sinhala
Release dates
Estonia · November 19, 2016
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No release date listed for United States.
Italy
March 30, 2017
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