
Motor Bicycle
Seen it?2016 | 105 min | Drama
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at people who like stories about real, flawed people. Leaves you with something to think about.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
Rangana is a young musician from the working classes who dreams big. His aim is to rise above his station, even as he toils the low-rent barroom circuit with his band, playing night after night to under-appreciative crowds to make a frugal living. Tanya is the love of his life, the woman whom all this will be worth achieving. She is just finishing school. As he toils through the nights, his need of a mode of transport - a motor bicycle - becomes more and more apparent. He dreams of one day collecting enough money to buy one, finally buying a second hand motorbike despite his mother's great protest. He now wants to taste his new found freedom with his beloved Tanya, along the city streets of Colombo. As Rangana and Tanya embark on this motorbike journey across the city, questions about their present, challenges to their future and the very essence of their lives is brought to the fore, in "Motor Bicycle."
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsSolid
19 wins and 7 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 887 people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Shameera Rangana Naotunna
- Dasun PathiranaRangana
- Samanalee FonsekaTaniya
- Mahendra PereraManju
- Kumara ThirimaduraThree wheel driver
- Kalana GunasekaraJimma
- Nethalie NanayakkaraPatta's mother
- Dimuthu ChinthakaPolice officer
- Chamara PriyadarshanaChamara
- Chamal RanasingheSudda
- Shalitha GunawardenaShalitha