<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><b>Sumitra Peries’ </b>groundbreaking Sri Lankan film offers a tender and transporting journey through young dreams and first loves.</div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Kusum, a poor but studious village girl who cleans the house of a wealthy family, sparks a connection with Nimal, the family’s prized son. Soma. Kusum’s younger sister, pursues beauty pageants and dreams of acting, believing it’s her best chance of a better life. What unfolds is a lyrical and poignant coming of age story, brimming with yearning and feminine <span style="font-size: 11pt;">sensibility.</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Sumitra Peries, known as ‘the poetess of Sri Lankan cinema’, became the country’s first female director with this astonishing debut. She draws out natural, affecting performances from her cast, particularly <b>Vasanthi Chathurani</b>, who was still at school when she played Kusum.</div><div style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Sinhala with English subtitles. </div>DramaPT1H50MCTBC2026-07-17