For a Son

For a Son — Plot

Sunita, a middle-aged Sri Lankan woman, lives with her teenage son on the outskirts of a northern Italian city where she works as a caregiver. The relationship between mother and son is fraught with tension and silence. Having grown up in Italy, the boy is a cultural hybrid his mother struggles to understand, as she fights to live in a country to which she does not want to belong.

• Release date
• November 19, 2016
• Runtime
• 75 min
• Director
• Suranga Deshapriya Katugampala

For a Son — Cast

J

Julian Wijesekara

N

Nella Pozzerle

L

Louis Shirantha Fernando

I

Isabella Dilavello

V

Vishan Maduka Fernando Kaushalya Fernando