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Riverstone
Lalith Rathnayake
Sri Lanka. 2025. 120 min

There have been many instances where suspected underworld criminals have been killed while in police custody, ostensibly in shootouts while accompanying officers to show arms caches. It is widely held by the general public that while the rule of law has been severely compromised, the police have, on such occasions, acted arbitrarily and with disregard for due process.
It is not the police nor the particular officers but the particular governments that require such suspects to be eliminated. The police merely execute their wishes. For this, relevant officers are offered the carrot of possible promotions. This film discusses the thoughts and concerns of three officers as they travel together to a destination marked for the assassination of a suspect with whom they have no quarrel whatsoever.

LALITH RATHNAYAKE

Lalith Rathnayake (born in 1972) is a national and international award-winning Sri Lankan director as well as script writer in movies and TV mini-series. He has been practicing his craft in Sri Lanka for 26 years. With a wealth of experience under his belt, he has acquired an all-around knowledge of the different styles of media that are in use today and is able to utilize his directing talents to the needs of these different mediums. He cut his teeth in drama with the school stage and used to work as an assistant director for movies and tele-dramas for 10 years in his career. After many years with experiences, as a director, Lalith Rathnayake gave touches to his debut movie titled ‘The Other Half’ which was completed in 2019 and won more than 50 international awards. The movie ‘The Other Half’ plot is focused on the meaning and values of education and multivalence of the phenomenon.