![]() When the boy later accidentally murders a prostitute, his mother attempts to cover-up the crime with tragic consequences. Without revealing the film’s complex plot, it includes a scene where the magistrate mother bathes naked with her son. It explores the questions of incest, rape, murder and other dark secrets within the family and their impact on the young boy. Written and directed by Asoka Handagama, the movie depicts a series of psychosexual traumas within an upper middle class Sri Lankan family-a female magistrate (Piyumi Samaraweera), her elderly husband, who is a former High Court judge (Ravindra Randeniya), and their 12-year-old son (Isham Samzudeen). ![]() In a serious attack on freedom of speech, Sri Lanka’s United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government has banned screenings of Aksharaya (Letter of Fire) and threatened legal action against the film’s producers.
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