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The Forsaken Land
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The Forsaken Land

May 14, 2005
1h 48m
★ 4.4

Overview

A home-guard serviceman assigned the task of standing watch over a barren no-man's-land begins to experience an existential crisis after years of lonely service.

Genres

Drama
Romance

Production Companies

ARTE France Cinéma
Le Fresnoy
Les Films Hatari
Unlimited
Les Films de L'Etranger
Digimage
Film Council Productions
Les Filmsoir
Onoma
Poly-Son

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Cast

Kaushalaya Fernando

Soma

Kaushalaya Fernando

Nilupili Jayawardena

Lata

Nilupili Jayawardena

Hemasiri Liyanage

Piyasiri

Hemasiri Liyanage

Saumya Liyanage

Palitha

Saumya Liyanage

Pumudika Sapurni Peiris

Batti

Pumudika Sapurni Peiris

Mahendra Perera

Officer

Mahendra Perera