Mille Soya

Mille Soya
මිල්ලේ සොයා
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Boodee Keerthisena
Produced by Boodee Keerthisena
Written by Boodee Keerthisena
Starring Mahendra Perera
Jackson Anthony
Sanath Gunathilake
Kamal Addararachchi
Sangeetha Weeraratne
Music by Lakshman Joseph De Seram
Cinematography Moishe Ben-Yaish
K.A. Dharmasena
Edited by Ravindra Guruge
Distributed by CEL Theatres
Release date
 21 October 2004
Running time
 110 minutes
Country Sri Lanka
Italy
Language Sinhala
Italian
Budget $200,000

Mille Soya (Buongiorno Italia), (Sinhalese: මිල්ලේ සොයා) is a 2004 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic musical film, written, produced and directed by Boodee Keerthisena. The film stars Mahendra Perera, Jackson Anthony, Sanath Gunathilake, Kamal Addararachchi, and Sangeetha Weeraratne.[1] The film portrays a story of a group of young Sri Lankan musicians who illegally immigrate to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus and about the lost dreams of Sri Lankan youth living in during the Sri Lankan civil war. The film was released on 21 October 2004.[2] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.[3][4][5]

Plot

The story of young musicians around the group expects to become famous Bob Marley and the worship band. However, with their distance Lowest Sri Lankan society lives, with its poverty and violence, they have given no small opportunities. Talk to friends about the money came from Italy. But the journey is not easy, because not legal. The film and all its hazards, the Brotherhood, the tears and the laughter of them following their terrible journey; The death.[6]

Cast

Songs

  • Sudu Andumin performed by Jaya Sri
  • Anjaleeka performed by Marians
  • Ape Dawasak Enawamai performed by Jaya Sri (written in Sinhala to the melody of "No Woman, No Cry")
  • Gantheere Gantheere performed by Kithsiri Jayasekara & Nirosha Virajini
  • Salli Pokuru Mille Ahuru performed by Damian Wickramathilaka

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Lankan screened films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Mille Soya on IMDb
  3. ↑ "Laudable exercise in free cinema concept". Daily News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "To 'enjoy' dreadful reality". The Island. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Paradise is greener from the other side". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "asiaticafilmmediale". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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