White Flowers for the Dead

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White Flowers for the Dead (1978)

Directed by Lester James Peries

Drama · 1h 30m

Dr. Sarath (Tony Ranasinghe) domineers over his timid wife Vineetha (Sriyani Amarasena). When she is to have a Caesarean delivery of their baby, Sarath refuses to be present even though he himself is a doctor. She dies during surgery and Sarath is forced to live with the spectre of his wife hanging over him.

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Cast

Tony Ranasinghe Sarath Shriyani Amarasena Vineetha Vijaya Kumaratunga Vijay Vasanthi Chathurani Rukmani Devi D.R. Nanayakkara Shanthi Lekha

Crew

Director
Lester James Peries
Screenplay
Tissa Abeysekera
Director of Photography
Donald Karunaratne
Editor
Sumitra Peries
Producer
U. W. Sumathipala

Details

Original title
අහසින් පොළොවට
Release date
1978-01-01
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Original language
SI
Spoken languages
Sinhalese
Countries
Sri Lanka