MACHAN
synopsis
Colombo, Sri Lanka. A group of desperate slum dwellers, living on the margins of society under impossible pressures, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria to be the answer to their prayers, a one way ticket to the West and the wealth that will solve all their problems.
original title: | Machan |
country: | Italy, Germany, Sri Lanka |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Uberto Pasolini |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | IT 12/09/2008, DE 07/05/2009, FR 19/08/2009 |
screenplay: | Ruwanthie de Chickera, Uberto Pasolini |
cast: | Dharmapriya Dias, Gihan de Chickera, Dharshan Dharmaraj, Namal Jayasinghe, Sujeewa Priyalal, Dayadewa Edirisinghe |
cinematography by: | Stefano Falivene |
film editing: | Masahiro Hirakubo |
music: | Lakshman Joseph De Saram, Stephen |
producer: | Prasanna Vithanage, Conchita Airoldi, Uberto Pasolini |
production: | Urania Pictures, Studio Babelsberg, Shakthi Film (LK) |
backing: | Rai Cinema, Redwave Films, Shakthi Films, Media i2i, 20th Century Fox Germany, Eurimages |
distributor: | Mikado, Fox (DE), UGC Ph (FR) |