Monday, May 11, 2020

Avilenasului (Inflammable) (2020) : A Sri Lankan surrealist thriller film



I watched Avilenasului (Inflammable) on 13th March 2020 just before the Corona / Covid-19 pandemic outbreak hit Sri Lanka and lead to a whole countrywide curfew.

The film though unveils a new genre for Sri Lankan cinema is not a well-driven film.

The film was really good technically but it was overly dramatized creating a drawback to the viewers to enjoy the film.

The film openly criticizes religion and the belief system of the Sri Lankans through this film.

The filmmaker has used a mixture of surrealism and thriller genre very productively which is a good sign for the Sri Lankan cinema.

Films like Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Styles of David Lynch, and Quentin Tarantino are evident in "Avilenasului" which marks a milestone in Sri Lankan cinema.

With this milestone, "Avilenasului" marks a great achievement in Sri Lankan cinema genre-wise.

Overall rating - 3.5/5

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