August Sun

August Sun

2003 · 108 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

Set in Sri Lanka during the mid-1990s, August Sun tells three simultaneous stories against the backdrop of the country's savage civil war (1983 – 2009).

Directed by Prasanna Vithanage · Written by Priyath Liyanage

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