Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.

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Lester James PeriesDirector

Malini FonsekaSujata Rajasuriya, the widow

Vasanthi ChathuraniSita, the adopted girl

Sanath GunathilakeGunapala, the brother

Paboda SandeepaniAruni, the teenager