The Strange Familiar

Malith Hegoda presents a brutally honest and gripping examination of the breakdown between an urban Singhalese couple. Housewife Dinithi fusses over her husband Sachinthra as he leaves for the office. He cold shoulders her and secretly hides her mobile phone. It transpires that she has had an affair and the more she begs for forgiveness the colder he behaves. Laksiri and Jayakody give compelling performances as the wounded couple in this emotionally controlled tale that has universal resonances. (BFI LFF)