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PEACOCK LAMENT

by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara

synopsis

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.

original title: Peacock Lament
country: Italy, Sri Lanka
sales agent: Antipode Sales & Distribution [Israele]
year: 2022
genre: fiction
directed by: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
film run: 103'
release date: IT 1/10/2022
screenplay: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
cast: Akalanka Prabhashwara, Sabeetha Perera, Dinara Punchihewa, Lorenzo Acquaviva, Mahendra Perera, Lahiru Prasath, Amiththa Weerasinghe
cinematography by: Sisikirana Paranavithana
film editing: Beppe Leonetti
art director: Manjula Ayagama
costumes designer: Ajantha Alahakoon
music: Cristian Carrara
producer: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, Amil Abeysundara, Chiara Barbo, Andrea Magnani, Suranga Handapangoda, Yuganthi Yashodhara, Wathuhena Sangeetha, Nilnadee Godagama
production: Pilgrim Film, Sapushpa Expressions
backing: Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA - MIC

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