Dharmesena Pathiraja's only Tamil language film, Ponmani (Younger Sister) is about a starkly different socio-economic culture and political climate. Set in the northern city of Jaffna, it traces the fortunes and concerns of an economically depleted upper caste, lower middle class family. An evocative film about land, women, romance and tragedy, narrated in an idiom of understatement.
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Wickrama Bogoda
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Wimal Kumara de Costa
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Amarasiri Kalansooriya
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Vijaya Kumaratunga
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Darmasena Pathiraja Director · Kavaloor Rajadurai Screenplay Donald Karunaratne Cinematographer
First release July 4, 1977 · Produced in Sri Lanka · Original title பொன்மணி
Production
Sri Lanka
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Original title
பொன்மணி
Original language
Tamil
Spoken on screen
Tamil
Release dates
Sri Lanka · July 4, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Singapore
April 19, 2003 · Limited theatrical · Singapore International Film Festival
Sri Lanka
November 17, 1978 · Theatrical
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