RATNAPURA OR THE STONE MIRAGE

 RATNAPURA OU LE MIRAGE DES PIERRES…

52 and 26′, directed by Jean-Pierre Carlon.
With the support of the European Commission, Awareness in the field of development.
Broadcasting: RTBF, TV 10 Angers, Planète, Odyssée, Forum Planète, Telwizja Polska SA, Odisea, ABDA…

Land of sapphires and rubies, Sri Lanka is one of the top five gem producing countries in the world.
Ratnapura is a real Sri Lankan far-west, a city of pioneers that reminds us of the gold rush…
But further on, it is the mud, the mole men who dig the riverbeds and dig in the mountain…
In the depths of the earth, the convicts of the mine have only one hope: to find the precious stone which will save them from this wet hell and their immense poverty.
A unique testimony that shows the tragic and unknown aspects of the working condition in the southern countries.