Name: Ahasin Wetei
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-11-22
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Thusitha Laknath, Kaushalaya Fernando, Lu Huang

Transporting visuals and eclectic soundtrack works for me.

This film premiered in Australia at The Sydney Film Festival. It played at midday, a bit of an odd time, and there was about fifty people in the audience. I was on my own, which is the best way to see some stuff. I was able to sit right at the front as well which I love because it is like being in the screen. The combination of the slow panning shots and an eclectic sound track was very hypnotic like a powerful drug and really quite transporting. The film festival theme this year 2010 is Going on a Journey. This was a repeated journey over the same ground, events were reiterated in the future and the past. Not much dialogue, well just enough to keep it mysterious. There were some surprising elements that seemed there to shock but maybe that is just my western-worldness showing itself. It was remarkable how sparse the cast and props were although a lot of action was illustrated by the extraordinary soundtrack. Rebirth is a popular theme in films at the moment. Lovely to see the Sri Lankan version from an idiosyncratic writer/director. Coming back out of the cinema onto the hopelessly touristic Circular Quay was very disorienting after the journey through the grass and lakes.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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The young man fell from the sky. Communication relay burns. Flee from the city and its commotion, return to nature. Become part of another story. That of the legend of the prince. In the hope of a love, hiding behind the hollow in a tree. Nothing magic is improbable. What happened yesterday, may happen again tomorrow.

Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains

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