Kafka's bug boy gets Sri Lankan—colonialism stings worse than mandibles.
Loosely based on Franz Kafka's novella Metamorphosis 'Swaroopa' narrates the story of Gregory Samson and his family of father, mother, sister assisted by a maid within the social transformations taking place in late colonial and early postcolonial Sri Lanka.
Direction
Pathiraja's final film—politically charged visual poetry.
Writing
Kafka via Sri Lankan class tension—ambitious adaptation.
Director
Darmasena Pathiraja
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
LK
