Movies by Joe Abeywickrama

Loku Duwa

Loku Duwa

"Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.

A Woman in a Whirlpool

A Woman in a Whirlpool

Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable Suddhi has to depend on Sirimewan Mudalalie, a shrewd businessman from town.

Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister.

The Wasps Are Here

The Wasps Are Here

Set in a fishing village named Kalpitiya, this movie explores tradition and exploitation because of capitalism in this small village.

Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle

Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf.

Death on a Full Moon Day

Death on a Full Moon Day

Drama about a father who refuses to believe in his son's death at war.

The Girls

The Girls

The Girls is about the growing up of two schoolgirl sisters and the disappointments to which they are condemned by their impoverished backgrounds.