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Release Date:
September 6, 2002
Original Title:
මගේ වම් අත
Alternate Titles:
Mage Wam Atha
Pickpocket
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Seli Films
Sri Lanka National Film Corporation Film Development Fund
Production Countries:
Sri Lanka
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
A pickpocket (Linton Semage) is blamed by his wife for bringing misery to other families and as well as to their own home. Although he has promised to reform himself, he cannot find another line of work which would bring him a living wage. One day, after a morning of picking pockets, Kamal finds a photograph of his wife in a man's purse he had just stolen. This turns his life into chaos. He does not tell his wife about this and goes on searching for the owner of the purse. What he finds is only the beginning of his tragedy.
Art Direction:
Sujeeva Paranaheva
Director:
Linton Semage
Director of Photography:
M. D. Mahindapala
Editor:
Elmo Haliday
Makeup Artist:
Gayani Satharasinha
Music:
Pradeepa Ratnayake
Producer:
Linton Semage
Harsha Caldera
Production Design:
Shirley De Alwis
Screenplay:
Linton Semage
Priyankara Ratnayake
Sound:
Lionel Gunaratne
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