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Director: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Movie review
From Time Out Online
Following three parallel stories set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war, Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s debut feature ‘Flying Fish’ (‘Igillena Maluwo’) is unfortunately too languorous to sustain any prolonged sense of drama, despite an undeniably shocking finale. The film has its moments - a tense scene involving a classroom of children and a roaming band of Tamil Tigers stands out - yet these are spread too thinly to salvage Pushpakumara’s trudging narrative. An air of violence and desperation is palpable throughout the war-ravaged community (a Tamil describes Sri Lanka as a ‘nation without a country’), but the film’s overriding, melodramatic tone proves an uneasy bedfellow.Author: Daniel Green
Time Out Online London Film Festival 2011
Cast & crew
Director: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Cast: Chaminda Sampath Jayaweera, Gayesha Perera, Rathnayaka Marasinghe full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 125 mins
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