Mate ( Machan ) ( Spiel der Träume )

Mate (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Machan
Alternate Title: Spiel der Träume
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Sri Lanka ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Uberto Pasolini

Written By:
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Uberto Pasolini

Actors:
Dharmapriya Dias ..... Stanley
Gihan De Chickera ..... Manoj
Dharshan Dharmaraj ..... Suresh
Namal Jayasinghe ..... Vijith
Sujeewa Priyalal ..... Piyal
Mohamed Adamaly ..... Pakistani Doctor
Pubudu Chathuranga ..... Spoilt Son
Christian Ebert ..... Referee
Dayadewa Edirisinghe ..... Naseem
Malini Fonseka ..... Manoj's Mother
Theertham Muthiah Ganeshan ..... Senior Policeman
Sanjaya Hettiaratchchi ..... Piyal's Cousin
Lalith Janakantha ..... Piyal's 2nd Cousin
Nino Jayakodi ..... Afghani Youth
Sarath Karunaratne ..... PK
Vajira Kodituwakku ..... Bangala Man
Dilip Kumara Koralage ..... Junior Policeman
Mangala Pradeep Kumara ..... VD
Sitha Kumari ..... Manoj's Grandmother
Ravi Kumar ..... Neville
Hemasiri Liyanage ..... Manoj's Father
Saumya Liyanage ..... Angry Foreigner
Peer Martiny ..... Cold eyed German
Stefan Mehren ..... Immigration Officer
Ruwan Malith Peiris ..... Indian Man
Mahendra Perera ..... Ruan
Chathurika Pieris ..... Shalini
Pradeepan Puwabalasingham ..... AJ
Janaka Ranasinghe ..... Afghani Man
Ronika Rannetthi ..... Esther
Achim Schelhas ..... Chirpy Host
Pitchchei Selvaraj ..... Nesa
S. Selvsekaran ..... Father
Jayani Senanayake ..... Jasmine
Irangani Serasinghe ..... Auntie Magie
Kumara Thirimadura ..... Oaf

Synopsis:

Palookaville and The Full Monty Producer pulls triple duty as writer, producer, and director of this lighthearted ensemble comedy centering on a scheming fruit seller from Sri Lanka who dreams of inventing a new life for himself abroad. Stanley sells fruit in Colombo. He's constantly behind on his bills and continually hounded by creditors thanks to his penchant for getting involved with failed schemes, his sister is departing for the Middle East to work as a maid, and his younger brother favors petty crime over further education. It seems like everyone except for Stanley somehow manages to get by, even if it means selling gigolo services to tourists like his handsome best friend. Upon learning that Germany is set to invite international teams to the upcoming handball competition in Bavaria, Stanley recruits his friends and forms the Sri Lankan National Handball Federation as a stealthy means of obtaining German visas. Sure none of his friends have any idea how handball is actually played, but since they all plan on escaping into Germany as soon as the plane lands, who cares? As the competition draws near, Stanley and his friends spend all of their spare time gambling and raising funds through nefarious means. Only time will tell what fate awaits this Stanley and his friends in Germany, and as some begin to speculate that they'll all be arrested before boarding the plane, descent begins to grow and tensions start to rise.

A group of desperate slum dwellers, living on the margins of society under impossible pressures, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria to be the answer to their prayers, a one way ticket to the West and the wealth that will solve all their problems.Manoj and Stanley console themselves after their latest visa application is rejected. For barman Manoj, the recurrent denial of his ultimate dream to live and work in the beautiful West is taking a serious toll, whilst his lifelong friend Stanley, fruit seller in the streets of Colombo, is losing his fight against overwhelming debt, looking after crazy aunts and a young brother on the way to a criminal life.With their spirits at an all time low the chance discovery of an invitation to a handball toul'nament in Bavaria appears to them like a present from the Gods. Even if nobody knows what handball is, a bogus application to the tournament is submitted and soon a mismatched collection of friends and colleagues, creditors and policemen, join together in the unlikely Sri Lanka National Handball Team.With little thought to the tournament that awaits them on the other side of the world, 'training sessions' are understandably minimalist and any excess energy ploughed into internal skirmishing. As the tournament invitation arrives, handball rules and regulations are side-lined; dreams of leaving poverty behind and a better life take centre stage as they march to the German Embassy for that magical visa...Rejected again! Who the hell mentioned Ministry letters? Why should you need permission from your own government if you've had an invitation from another? Does this mean the end of the dream?There's always master forger and all-round crook Ruan of course, but you'd have to seriously be scraping the barrel to go to him for help.A trade off sees the reluctant last minute inclusion of a bunch of stranded foreigners. The team, now swollen to capacity, finally gets its much agonised visa and, after painful good byes to families and friends, is on the way to the West and a bright future.But the planned quick getaway on arrival is crushed by the welcoming organisers and a change of schedule sees them confronted by an arena full of sport fans eager to applaud the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.

A group of troubled slum dwellers in Sri Lanka think their prayers have been answered in the form of an invitation to travel to Bavaria for the Handball Championships, but they find that the invitation was not intended as a one-way ticket into the Golden West.

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