Tradition (film)

Tradition is a short film by Sri Lankan female director and actress Lanka Bandaranayake. It stars Irangani Serasinha.

Tradition
Directed by	Lanka Bandaranayake
Written by	Lanka Bandaranayake
Screenplay by	Lanka Bandaranayake
Produced by	Lanka Bandaranayake
Starring	Kalum Gamlath Irangani Serasinhga
Cinematography	Vishwajith Karunarathna
Edited by	Sankha Malwaththa
Music by	Sumudu Guruge
Production company	Lanka Cine
Distributed by	Lanka CIne
Release date	2016 (2016)
Running time	11 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Plot

An old woman decorates a bride with traditional Sri Lankan jewellery. She describes the symbolic meaning of each jewellery piece. Those meanings carry the girl to her past relationships and their deep scars. The bride's destiny seems illusive.

Cast

• Kalum Gamlath as Girl
• Irangani Serasinha as Woman
• Sameera Lakmal as Boy 01
• Nilanka Dahanayaka as Boy 02
• Arunod Wijesinha as Boy 03
• Kalana Gunasekara as Boy 04
• Anjana Premarathna as Boy 05
• Rajeev Ananda as Man

External links

• Tradition at IMDb
• Valentina, Vitali (2020). "Interview with Lanka Bandaranayake". BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. 11 (1): 101–104. doi:10.1177/0974927620935762. S2CID 227249733.
• Film Festival: Contemporary South Asian Films by Women
• Ravaya news paper
• Tradition: Survival Of A Soul With Scars
• සම්ප්‍රදාය ගැන සම්ප්‍රදායික නොවූ කතාබහක්
• 70th Festival de Cannes and the Sri Lankan cinema | Facebook
• Exclusive: 'Not So Traditional' Interview With Lanka Bandaranayake
• සම්ප්‍රදායට අලුත් කතාවක් ගෙනා ලංකා (video)
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