I have not read Tolstoy " War and Peace" nor i knew its story line, But I can definitely say this movie can be named as " War and Culture". It juxtaposes the two different things and then tells you how they affect one another. The movie starts during a shoot out between the Srilankan Army and the Tamil Separatists. The protagonist an Sinhala soldier is sitting inside a Bunker and shoots. By accident a Tamil girl trespasses in to the Bunker, On realising that the soldier may shoot her, without wanting to see the gun, the girl out of fear hides her face with her clothes, At this moment she becomes half naked, which creates an aura of confusion in the mind of the soldier and he has a violent intercourse with her. The soldier is kind of shocked at himself, he feels a sense of guilt and confusion deserts the army and runs of from the place, The Tamil girl follows him and ends up as an resident of his village. From the eyes of the Soldier and the Girl the whole village life is revealed. The Village has only two kind of men ,the Young and strong one who wants to join the army and Old and weak one who feels worthless.The Women are of only one kind, they want to only marry strong soldiers. They get married and finally end up as young widows. The cruelty of youthfulness forces the widows to find solace in weak men.The Monk of the village, tries to provide a sense of hope in the name of god, but the monk himself is not convinced of the situation and he is also morally off tracked at the end and he quits his robes to become a commoner. The movie ends with the sinhala soldier and the Tamil women having a daughter.
Some of the best dialogues are.
1.A soldier kills some one , not because he hates and he lets some one live , not because he loves.He does any act because, it is because.
2.Either the Bookie must stop or the Booker must stop.( i,e the Leader must stop the war or the citizen should not participate in the war)
3.Monk says, A soldier and the Monk both are just common men under the uniform.
Some of the best dialogues are.
1.A soldier kills some one , not because he hates and he lets some one live , not because he loves.He does any act because, it is because.
2.Either the Bookie must stop or the Booker must stop.( i,e the Leader must stop the war or the citizen should not participate in the war)
3.Monk says, A soldier and the Monk both are just common men under the uniform.