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.
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Dharmapriya Dias
Stanley
Gihan De Chickera
Manoj
Dharshan Dharmaraj
Suresh
Namal Jayasinghe
Vijith
Sujeewa Priyalal
Piyal
Dayadewa Edirisinghe
Naseem
Pitchchei Selvaraj
Nesa
Kumara Thirimadura
Oaf
Pubudu Chathuranga
Spoilt Son
S. Selvsekaran
Father
Pradeepan Puwabalasingham
AJ
Sarath Karunaratne
PK
Mangala Pradeep Kumara
VD
Saumya Liyanage
Angry Foreigner
Mahendra Perera
Ruwan
Uberto Pasolini
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Writer, Screenplay, Story
Sonja B. Zimmer
Executive Producer
Conchita Airoldi
Producer
Prasanna Vithanage
Producer
Stefano Falivene
Director of Photography
Stephen Warbeck
Original Music Composer
Lakshman Joseph De Saram
Original Music Composer
Masahiro Hirakubo
Editor
Rob Nevis
Costume Design
Sandhiya Jayasuriya
Costume Design
Errol Kelly
Production Design
