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The Singing Pond
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The Singing Pond

2015-12-11 · 120 min · ★ 7.4

Drama · Family · Music · Comedy · Adventure

A new teacher, Uma (Anasuya Subasinghe), arrives at a school with her first appointment in a remote village near Dambulla in Sri Lanka. The school has few students, with only the principal (Lucian Bulathsinghala) and Uma as the teacher. With the help of Uma the pupils gradually start to dream of bigger things than they ever imagined. One day Upuli, a blind girl, shares her unseen dream with school friends Sukiri and Ukkun. It gradually becomes the dream throughout the village. The children and Uma encounter perils in their venture to realise this dream. The children of the school start to focus on something they have never seen before. This target gives rise to a small revolution.

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Directors
Indika Ferdinando
Production companies
Next Frame Studio & Production
Countries
Sri Lanka
Status
Released

Top Cast

Anasuya SubasingheAnasuya SubasingheUma the School Teacher
Lucien BulathsinhalaLucien BulathsinhalaSchool Principal
Hyacinth WijeratneHyacinth WijeratneSchool Principal's Wife
Jayalath ManoratneJayalath ManoratneJustin the Bus Driver
Dayadewa EdirisingheDayadewa EdirisingheGramasewaka
Jayani SenanayakeJayani SenanayakeChithra (Gramasewaka's Wife)
Senat DikkumburaMudalali (Shop Owner)
Geetha Kanthi JayakodyJustin's Wife
Ama WijesekeraTailor Woman
Jagath ChamilaJagath ChamilaMadhuwantha (Uma's Boyfriend)
D.B. GangodathennaD.B. GangodathennaKiri Aththa
Anjali MethsaraBlind Girl
Sathsara JayasuriyaGramasewaka's Son
Thishakya KumaratungaUkkuwa
Nayana HettiarachchiNayana Hettiarachchi
Nethpriya Manubhashitha
Senith Valpitagamage
Sethika Gunasingha
Nihansa Dissanayake
Vinod Saleem

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