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The recent story of Sri Lanka is one of violence and youth insurrection, with the the Black July riots of 1983, the 1994 discovery of a mass grave in the Sooriyakanda Mountain range, the 30-year Eelam War and the 2022 Protests all seeming like parts of the same cycle. All these insurrections were put to end through the government's militant force, without, though, ever addressing their roots, which can also be perceived as the source of their repetition. The families of the victims, from the 80s to the 00s never got justice, or even news about the fate of their children, in a trauma that is still tormenting the country. Jagath Manuwarna, in his feature debut, explores the aforementioned also including the whole concept of Covid, in a rather unusual approach, that is equally funny, ironic, dramatic, and violent.

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28 – Sri is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013.

Prasanna Jayakody

Project Description. Language.

The protagonist of 28- Sri, Abasiri, sees the nudity of his own wife only after 15 years, on a mortuary table after she had been raped and murdered. His struggle to establish a relationship with his wife, even though she is already a dead body, reveals the sexual frustration of a culture which once enjoyed an open engagement with its sexuality but was subsequently modified under a colonial Victorian orthodoxy and its implied code of ethics.

This film is in Singhalese.

Which stage of development is it in currently?

The project is in post production stage now.

Award winning Sri-Lankan actors like Mahendra Perera, Semini Iddamalgoda, Rukmal Nirosh, Sarath Kothalawala and others have been cast in the film.

Director’s Bio:

Prasanna Jayakody is a Sri Lankan born film director and screenwriter.