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Whirlwind (2009)

Directed by Athula Liyanage

Thriller, Drama · 1h 48m

Podi Eka, a village teenager without any education living with his poverty-stricken mother and sister. He cannot even write Amma (mother) Akka (sister) mama (me). Instead he draws three crosses on the wall in charcoal depicting the threesome. He works for his stepfather carrying water to the illicit brewery and experiences the rape of his sister by the stepfather, the bootlegger and the consequent suicide of his sister. He murders his stepfather in vengeance and spends 17 years in jail, returning to the village as an adult to help his uncle in farming and cattle rearing. He is still called Podi Eka. His attempts to start a new life fail on account of the tragic death of his mother and his own brutish desires.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Athula Liyanage

Details

Original title
Bambara Walalla
Release date
2009-01-01
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Sinhalese
Countries
Sri Lanka