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This may be the best film at ReelWorld this year. Not since the 1970 Canadian classic Goin’ Down the Road have I seen a film that was simultaneously gritty, poignant, vast, empty and epic. Writer/director Rohan Fernando is a very gifted filmmaker – and he definitely has help with an absolutely brilliant and captivating performance by Kalista Zackhariyas.

Where do I begin to sing the praises of this amazing movie? It’s sort of flawless. It’s subtle yet complex, epic yet utterly simple, truthful yet pure magic. It is everything cinema should aspire to be. I’m putting Rohan Fernando at the very top of the list of best future filmmakers in Canada. (Yes, I believe he’s that talented.) He takes the haunting story of a beautiful young woman who loses her entire family in Sri Lanka – and turns it into a slow burn of a film that finds this girl/woman living in Canada and trying to survive. While many immigrant tales often turn into clichéd versions of generic struggle, the idiosyncrasies of the storytelling in this film make it is a must-see. The story has many twists and turns, and if it’s possible to make struggle look beautiful, Fernando has done exactly that. Again, kudos must also go to Kalista Zackhariyas – who appears in absolutely every scene in this feature film – and goes on an incredible emotional (and geographic) journey.

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Programmer: Bobby Del Rio

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Feature Presentation
World Premiere

Screening(s):
Wed, April 6th, 2011
8:00 pm
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Theatre 1
Opening Gala Presentation
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Wed, April 6th, 2011
8:00 pm
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Theatre 1
Regular Presentation
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Director(s):
Rohan Fernando

Writer(s):
Rohan Fernando

Producer(s):
Suzanne Lively, Rohan Fernando, Ann Bernier

Actor(s):
KALISTA ZACKHARIYAS
RIA MAE
MOHAN FERNANDO
ACHALA HEWAARACHCHI
HIMALY FERNANDO
PARDIS PARKER
SOBAZ BENJAMIN
ALICIA ORR MACDONALD