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3 young characters experience painful personal journeys in a civil war trodden Sri Lankan village, surrounded by a backdrop of violence, sexual frustration and political hypocrisy.
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| The New York TimesMike HaleThe intertwining of the narratives, along with the somewhat elliptical, or perhaps rudimentary, storytelling, makes for a confusing experience. But the stories are mainly an excuse for pretty pictures, some quite striking, of poverty and oppression, and for a closing frenzy of bloodletting. |
| Village VoiceBenjamin MercerPushpakumara's debut feature portrays the recent Sri Lankan civil war as a gauntlet of private humiliations, endured by largely nameless, barely individuated villagers - making this would-be multi-strand narrative more of an impenetrable tangle. |