Very 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.
Top Cast
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
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