Peacock Lament
6.3
Amila comes from a small village in Sri Lanka. After losing his parents, he moves to Colombo. He works as a construction worker in a Chinese building site and looks after his four siblings. His sister Inoka suffers from a congenital heart defect and the only way to save her is an urgent and expensive surgery to be performed in India. While Amila is trying to find the money he needs, he just meets the wrong person at the right time, and gets caught up in the child trafficking business…
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Cast
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Akalanka Prabashwara
Amila
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Sabeetha Perera
Malani
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Dinara Punchihewa
Nadee
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Lorenzo Acquaviva
Carlo
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Mahendra Perera
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Yasodha Rasanduni
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Dishney Rajapakshe
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Priyanka Samaraweera
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Lahiru Prasad
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Amiththa Weerasinghe
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Sangeetha Nilnadee Godagama
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Sanjeewa Dissanayake
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IKKA
Sanjeewa Pushpakumara Director · Cristian Carrara Composer Sisikirana Paranavithana Cinematographer
First release October 29, 2022 · Produced in Italy, Sri Lanka · Production Pilgrim Film
Production
Sapushpa Expressions
Production
Pilgrim Film
Production
Italy · Sri Lanka
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Languages
Original title
විහඟ ප්රේමය
Original language
Sinhala
Spoken on screen
Sinhala
Release dates
Japan · October 29, 2022
Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
Italy · October 19, 2023
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
India
October 19, 2023 · Limited theatrical · At Goa International Film Festival
Sri Lanka
August 7, 2026 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 13, 2023 · Limited theatrical
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