Sri Lanka National Handball Team

Original title: Machan

2008
1h 49m

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A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.

Director
- Uberto Pasolini
Writers
- Ruwanthie De Chickera
- Uberto Pasolini
Stars

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7.7/10

2.3K

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Director
- Uberto Pasolini
Writers
- Ruwanthie De Chickera
- Uberto Pasolini
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 6 nominations total

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10/10

wow

It was raining today and a friend and I wandered into this film (by mistake!! We looked at the wrong day and thought this was a Slovak documentary) at the Trencin Film Fest in Slovakia. It was one of the most fortunate mistakes I've ever made. I am not a movie fan, but with no knowledge of the plot, etc, watching this unfold was magical. Many others have commented on the acting, the authenticity, the story. . . I concur; all converged perfectly. I felt I was there in SL, and that it wasn't a script. Truly one of the best films I've ever seen (admittedly, I see few films). So human, so true, and in the way perhaps art does best, it shined a light on a situation (economics, politics, immigration) that often fails to consider people-- individuals with dignity who bear the brunt of the economic machine's brutality. I hope this movie goes further and I will recommend it to all of my friends. Wow.

skinsk-1
Jun 21, 2009
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Trivia
The actor playing the policeman also absconded in Germany after shooting had finished. In real life this actor is also a goldsmith. He disappeared on the last day and never turned up to the bus, or the airport. One of the other actors this guy was closest to had been warned in advance that he was going to hook it. He had been picked up in a car by relatives. A few months later he had made it to London from Germany without a passport and was doing rather well as a goldsmith.

Goofs
When they are researching handball online, you can see that the "search page" is actually a saved document on the computer; the file address is visible at the top of the screen.