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Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr. Lester James Peries screenplay, dialogue and the script by Reggie Siriwardena and Tissa Abeysekara; it was adapted from the novel Gamperaliya by Martin Wickramasinghe. The film starts ensemble cast of several eras together including, Henry Jayasena, Punya Heendeniya, Wickrama Bogoda, Trilicia Gunawardena and Gamini Fonseka. The film was groundbreaking in Sinhala cinema shot entirely outside of a studio using one lamp and hand held lights for lighting. The movie exemplifies Peries's use of family tensions to symbolize wider issues.

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  • Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr. Lester James Peries screenplay, dialogue and the script by Reggie Siriwardena and Tissa Abeysekara; it was adapted from the novel Gamperaliya by Martin Wickramasinghe. The film starts ensemble cast of several eras together including, Henry Jayasena, Punya Heendeniya, Wickrama Bogoda, Trilicia Gunawardena and Gamini Fonseka. The film was groundbreaking in Sinhala cinema shot entirely outside of a studio using one lamp and hand held lights for lighting. The movie exemplifies Peries's use of family tensions to symbolize wider issues. The film was internationally acclaimed, receiving the Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 3rd International Film Festival of India and the Golden Head of Palenque in Mexico. The film won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the 1965 Sarasaviya Film Festival. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. It was shown in Cannes Film festival in May 2008 under the French title Changement au village under section 'Restored Classics'. Subsequently it went out on general release in French cinemas. In 2001, the film was identified as a world heritage by Cinema Thek Institute (CTI) in France. (en)
  • Changement au village (ගම්පෙරළිය, Gamperaliya) est un film srilankais réalisé par Lester James Peries, sorti en 1945. C'est l'adaptation du roman du même nom de l'écrivain srilankais Martin Wickramasinghe publié en 1944. (fr)
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  • William Blake (en)
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  • Cinelanka Ltd. (en)
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  • Sumitra Gunawardana (en)
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  • Sinhala (en)
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  • Gamperaliya ගම්පෙරලිය (en)
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  • Anton Wickremasinghe (en)
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  • Changement au village (ගම්පෙරළිය, Gamperaliya) est un film srilankais réalisé par Lester James Peries, sorti en 1945. C'est l'adaptation du roman du même nom de l'écrivain srilankais Martin Wickramasinghe publié en 1944. (fr)
  • Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr. Lester James Peries screenplay, dialogue and the script by Reggie Siriwardena and Tissa Abeysekara; it was adapted from the novel Gamperaliya by Martin Wickramasinghe. The film starts ensemble cast of several eras together including, Henry Jayasena, Punya Heendeniya, Wickrama Bogoda, Trilicia Gunawardena and Gamini Fonseka. The film was groundbreaking in Sinhala cinema shot entirely outside of a studio using one lamp and hand held lights for lighting. The movie exemplifies Peries's use of family tensions to symbolize wider issues. (en)
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  • Gamperaliya (film) (en)
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  • Gamperaliya (Changement au Village) ගම්පෙරලිය (en)
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