Mansion by the Lake

Lester James Peries

2002•106 min.•

Sri Lanka

★6(1)

Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.

Drama

Cast

Malini Fonseka
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Vasanthi Chathurani
Sita, the adopted girl
Sanath Gunathilake
Gunapala, the brother
Paboda Sandeepani
Aruni, the teenager
Ravindra Randeniya
Lucas, the upstart
Iranganie Serasinghe
Aunt Catherine
AR
Asoka Rodrigo
Inspector Alwis
NL
Nuwangi Liyanage
The servant
RR
Ranjit Rubasinghe
The activist student
ED
Elson Divituragama
Valet in mansion
Lucky Dias
The lawyer
DJ
Dayananda Jayawardena
The mansion's caretaker
SW
Senaka Wijesinghe
Kirthie Bandara, rebel
SE
Satischandra Edirisinghe

Crew

LJP
Lester James Peries
Directing
LJP
Lester James Peries
Writing
SS
Somaweera Senanayake
Writing
GF
Gladwin Fernando
Editing
PR
Pradeepa Ratnayake
Sound
KAD
K. A. Dharmasena
Crew

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