Crystal Book

Crystal Book — Plot

This European thriller, set in Sri Lanka, attempts to expound upon the philosophical implications of life, death, and memory. JB, an academic famed for his studies of oriental culture and alcoholic who has never recovered from his wife's suicide, returns to Sri Lanka to translate a book written on glass. It is supposed to contain Buddha's discourse upon memory. While he is there, an attractive nurse, Julia asks him to assist a young boy who wants to locate his father who is now living in a Tamil-occupied area. The Tamil terrorists will kill any trespassers. Compounding JB's conflict in deciding to go is that his former home where he lived with his wife is in that area. Unbeknownst to him, the boy is really a Tamil spy.

• Release date
• November 11, 1994
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• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Patricia Plattner

Crystal Book — Cast

Jean-François Balmer John Billeter, aka JB Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Julia Portal Douglas Ranasinghe Siri de Silva Gamini Fonseka S.S.P. Molligoda , chief of police John Arnold Pierre Greene Jean-Pierre Sentier Père Baud Swarna Mallawarachchi Sonali Jayasinghe