Synopsis
Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Lester James PeriesWriter
- Lester James PeriesDirector
Cast
- Malini FonsekaSujata Rajasuriya, the widow
- Vasanthi ChathuraniSita, the adopted girl
- Sanath GunathilakeGunapala, the brother
- Paboda SandeepaniAruni, the teenager
- Ravindra RandeniyaLucas, the upstart
- Iranganie SerasingheAunt Catherine
- Asoka RodrigoInspector Alwis
- Nuwangi LiyanageThe servant
- Ranjit RubasingheThe activist student
- Elson DivituragamaValet in mansion
- Lucky DiasThe lawyer
- Senaka WijesingheKirthie Bandara, rebel