Mille Soya

Mille Soya
Theatrical release poster
Sinhalaමිල්ලේ සොයා
Directed byBoodee Keerthisena
Written byBoodee Keerthisena
Produced byBoodee Keerthisena
StarringMahendra Perera
Jackson Anthony
Sanath Gunathilake
Kamal Addararachchi
Sangeetha Weeraratne
CinematographyMoishe Ben-Yaish
K.A. Dharmasena
Edited byRavindra Guruge
Music byLakshman Joseph De Seram
Distributed byCEL Theatres
Release date
  • 21 October 2004 (2004-10-21)[1]
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesSri Lanka
Italy
LanguagesSinhala
Italian
BudgetUS$ 100,000 [2]

Mille Soya (Buongiorno Italia) is a 2004 romantic musical film, written, produced and directed by Boodee Keerthisena.[3] The film stars Mahendra Perera, Jackson Anthony, Sanath Gunathilake, Kamal Addararachchi, and Sangeetha Weeraratne.[4] The film was released on 21 October 2004.[5] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.[6][7][8]

The film is Sri Lanka's very first digital film.[9] Shooting of the film was started in 1997 in Naples, Positano in Italy and in Chilaw in Sri Lanka. It is a Sri Lankan-Italian co-production.[10]

The film follows a group of young Sri Lankan musicians who illegally immigrate to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus and about the lost dreams of Sri Lankan youth living during the Sri Lankan civil war.[11]

  1. ^ "'Milla Soya' ready for screen at last". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Boodee speaks of times both bitter and sweet". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Boodee and his Mille Soya trip". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Sri Lankan screened films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ Mille Soya at IMDb
  6. ^ "Laudable exercise in free cinema concept". Daily News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ "To 'enjoy' dreadful reality". The Island. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Paradise is greener from the other side". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "'Boungiorno Italia' comes to Lanka". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. ^ "'Mille Soya' has reached the top through hardship". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "'Milla Soya': A trek from Lanka to Italy". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.