Film Information
Year: 2022
Duration: 87'
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
A virus is spreading across Sri Lanka, reportedly causing young people to commit suicide. The Disease Control Unit promises containment of this terrifying pandemic by any means, citing supernatural forces that only ancient healing rituals can vanquish. As parents mourn the deaths and disappearances of their children, government henchmen prepare the bodies and the remaining living prisoners for a cleansing of disturbing proportions.
Director
Jagath Manuwarna (1980, Sri Lanka) is an actor, screenwriter and director of theatre, film and television. He played roles in Karma (2010), Ayu (2020) and some episodes of the TV series Koombiyo (2017/2018). He directed his first short film Speck of Fire (2006), which won the Best Short Film prize at the Guerilla Short Film Festival of Sri Lanka. His second short Water Lily also enjoyed great success, winning the Best Short Film award and the Human Rights Award at the Agenda 14 Short Film Festival in 2011. Whispering Mountains (2022), has been selected for the IFFR 2023, being his debut directing a long feature film.
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