Changes in the Village

Changes in the Village

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 21, 1963

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama

User Score

54%

Original Title

ගම්පෙරලිය

Production Companies

Cinelanka

Director

Lester James Peries

Description

Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.