Mansion by the Lake
2002Very 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.
Acted in
Malini Fonseka
as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Vasanthi Chathurani
as Sita, the adopted girl
Sanath Gunathilake
as Gunapala, the brother
Paboda Sandeepani
as Aruni, the teenager
Ravindra Randeniya
as Lucas, the upstart
Iranganie Serasinghe
as Aunt Catherine
Asoka Rodrigo
as Inspector Alwis
Nuwangi Liyanage
as The servant
Ranjit Rubasinghe
as The activist student
Elson Divituragama
as Valet in mansion
Lucky Dias
as The lawyer
Dayananda Jayawardena
as The mansion's caretaker
Senaka Wijesinghe
as Kirthie Bandara, rebel
Satischandra Edirisinghe