Machan: La vera storia di una falsa squadra (2009)
Overview
Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $5,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $282,884.00 |
| Original Language | si |
| Popularity | 3.018 |
Directed By
Uberto Pasolini
Crew
Uberto Pasolini
Uberto Pasolini
Uberto Pasolini
Stephen Warbeck
Stefano Falivene
Masahiro Hirakubo
Errol Kelly
Conchita Airoldi
Robert How
Henning Molfenter
Michael Scheel
Prasanna Vithanage
Andrew Warren
Mirjam Weber
Lal Harindranath
Sandhiya Jayasuriya
Rob Nevis
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Lalith Dharmawardena
Nina Heppelmann
Saskia Sudau
Ebert Wijesinghe
Oliver Kueper-Grobecker
Iranthi Abeyasinghe
Christian Klempert
Stephen Haren
Stephan Arendt
Dennis Erdmann
Welagedara Ranasinghe
Johannes Pfaller
Enzo Enzel
Fabrizio Pistone
Davide Piastra
Damayanthi Fonseka
Suse Marquardt
Jeewanthi Manik
Senaka Nawaratne
Caroline Veyssière
Constanze Hagedorn
Nathalie Neusüß
Anna Scholz
Tobias Asam
Dominic Fysh
Scott Kirby
Prasad Pereira
Julia Schweizer
Phillip Wölke
Hans-Jörg Bramm
Anandar Chandrahasan
Robert Farr
Robert Farr
Bernhard Joest
Mark Paterson
Hunor Schauschitz
Mike Wood
Billy A. Campbell
Fabrizio Conti
Pierpaolo Marcelli
Neil Williams
Sven Jenuwein
Silke Krüger
Malcolm Mantara Rattanapitiya
Matthias Nerlich
Mark Bousie
Isobel Griffiths
Yann McCullough
Tharupathi Munasinghe
Stephen Warbeck
Cunchana Basanayake
Gopi Darmaratnam
Matthias Fehrenbach
Katja Hoerstmann
Katharina Holzfuss
Ceri Hughes
Ester Ligori
Margaret Metz
Anna Orieti
Nadya Perera
Antonello Sammito
Wolfgang Schwedler
Sonja B. Zimmer
Gero Brugmann
Christian Almesberger
Birgit Dierken
Martin Frank
Rene Frommholz
Harald Gliesche
Eddie Handschak
Ricarda Hibbeln
Rafael Jeneral
Martin Nicolas Kunz
M.D. Mahindapala
Rade Matic
Janak Mayadunne
Harald Mellwig
André Morgen
Nadine Neuneier
Ariyarathne Perera
Ilko Petkow
Roland Schütz
Stefan Walkowiak
Marc Ehrenbold
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Uberto Pasolini
Uberto Pasolini
Uberto Pasolini
TOP CAST
Dharmapriya Dias
Stanley
Gihan De Chickera
Manoj
Dharshan Dharmaraj
Suresh
Namal Jayasinghe
Vijith
Sujeewa Priyalal
Piyal
Dayadewa Edirisinghe
Naseem
Pitchchei Selvaraj
Nesa
Pubudu Chathuranga
Spoilt Son
S. Selvsekaran
Father
Saumya Liyanage
Angry Foreigner
Mahendra Perera
Ruwan
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