Samanala Thatu (Butterfly Wings)

Post date: Mar 29, 2013 11:28:55 AM

Date & Time

6th of August 2006 at 4.00 pm

Place

Victoria Memorial Theatre

Synopsis

Sira is a 10 year old boy of a street family who makes their living by singing and dancing on the street. He has a physically handicapped young sister. Father is suffering from a heart disease for a long time, but ignores medical treatments as he can't afford the expenses and time for it.

Sira has a dream of buying a bicycle and collecting money for it. After realizing that he would never reach the target by helping parents, he seeks other means of finding quick money, by doing various other jobs, but falls into troubles more than earning money.

One day he receives an unexpected large amount of money from a foreigner and returns home happily knowing that he has enough money to buy his dream bike. By the time his father has been admitted to the hospital after worsening the condition. Sira generously spend all of his money to save his father, but father dies.

Shouldering the responsibility of feeding the mother and sister, and knowing the consequences of child labour and risk of hotel works, Sira is now left with no options other than taking up his father's job, which he has rejected earlier.

Cast

Sira Dasun Madushanka

Martin (Father) Suminda Sirisena

Batti (Mother) Duleeka Marapana

Sister Dulanjali Ariyathillake

Crew

Assitant Director Daminda Madawala

Music Rohana Weerasinghe

Art Director Lal Harendranath

Editor Raveendra Guruge

Producer Renuka Balasooriya

Story & Script Somaratne Dissanayake

Director Somaratne Dissanayake

Awards

Mexico International Film Festival - 2005

• Best Film Award

Rimouski International Film festival (Canada) 2005

• Humanitas Camerio Award
• Jury Mention Award

Sousse International Film festival (Tunisia) 2006

• Best Film Gold Award

International Festivals Participated

• Mexico International Film festival 2005
• Rimouski International Film festival (Canada) 2005
• Lucas International Children Film festival (Germany) 2005
• Films From South International film festival, Oslo. (Norway) 2005
• Wuzburg International Film festival (Germany) 2005
• Dhaka International Film festival (Bangladesh) 2006
• Cairo International Children film festival (Egypt) 2006
• Sousse Internatonaal film festiva (Tunisia) 2006

Source - Filmlanka official website