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A Letter of Fire
A Letter of Fire

A Letter of Fire

Genres

Drama

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A schoolboy and his friend are caught at school looking at pornography on the computer. Punished, they wrongly believe that the police are going to arrest them so they hide in an abandoned building and as the boys feel cornered, and fearing for their lives, one of them accidentally kills a prostitute with a dagger thinking she was a mugger...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Sinhala

Runtime

136 mins

Rating

4.2/10

Release Date

25 September 2005

Country

Sri Lanka

Cast

Isham Samzudeen

Isham Samzudeen

Magistrate's son

Piyumi Samaraweera

Piyumi Samaraweera

Magistrate

Ravindra Randeniya

Ravindra Randeniya

Retired Judge

Jayani Senanayake

Jayani Senanayake

Housemaid

Gayani Gisanthika

Gayani Gisanthika

Prostitute

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