

It explores the questions of incest, rape, murder and other dark secrets within the family and their impact on the young boy.Īksharaya, which was partially funded by Fonds Sud Cinema of France and shown at festivals in Spain and Japan last year, was initially given an adults only rating by Sri Lankas censorship body, the Public Performance Board (PPB), and cleared for local screenings in early April.

Magistrates son Sri Lankan government bans local film Aksharaya (Letter of Fire).Written and directed by Asoka Handagama, the movie depicts a series of psychosexual traumas within an upper middle class Sri Lankan familya female magistrate (Piyumi Samaraweera), her elderly husband, who is a former High Court judge (Ravindra Randeniya), and their 12-year-old son (Isham Samzudeen).
