Dark Night of the Soul

1996 · Movie · 82 min. · Sri Lanka

Drama

Suwisal has turned 40. He's a forgetful businessman, a philanderer, indifferent to life around him, including his young and lovely fiancée. A visit to the house of his childhood triggers memories that continue to cascade when he is called for jury duty to hear the case against Piyum, a servant he seduced and abandoned 20 years before. Now a prostitute, she is on trial for murder. Can he seek forgiveness, provide restitution, or reconnect with her in any way? Should he? Will her response help him overcome his moral lethargy?

Direction Prasanna Vithanage

Cast Swarna Mallawarachchi · Ravindra Randeniya · Yashoda Wimaladharma

Screenplay Prasanna Vithanage · Leo Tolstoy

Cinematography M.D. Mahindapala

Original title Anantha Rathriya