Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Forsaken Land, The (2005) Rating: Starring: Saumya Liyanage Director: Category: Drama, Foreign Studio: New Yorker Subtitles: English Length: 108 mins     Following twenty plus years of civil war in Sri Lanka, a cease fire treaty has been reached between the Sinhalese government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In its attempt to ensure that the cease fire isn't breached, the Sri Lankan army's presence is felt every day, suspending the country in limbo between war and peace. In a far corner of this war torn no man's land, serviceman Anura shares a small home with his sensuous wife Lata and his unmarried sister, Soma. Anura works by day as a guardsman, sharing his post - and rifle - with Piyasiri, an older man who takes the night shift. On one fateful day, when the army delivers life altering order to Anura, Lata's frustrations mounts, and Soma retraces the tragic consequences of Piyasiri's painful past, as told to her in the guise of a little girl's fairy tale. Poetic and haunting, The Forsaken Land paints a picture of the consequences of war, reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood. Vimukthi Jayasundara's visually stunning and remarkable debut asserts a powerful new voice in filmmaking and stands as a breakthrough for Sri Lanka cinema.