Alborada

Alborada is a 2021 Sri Lankan multilingual biographical romantic film directed by Asoka Handagama and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Cineroo. The film is based on the fictionalized sex life of Chile's Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda from 1929 to 1931 in Sri Lanka. It stars Luis J. Romero and Anne Solen Hatte in lead role whereas Dominic Keller, Malcolm Machado and Rithika Kodithuwakku made supportive roles. The Sinhala meaning of 'Alborada' is "the dawning of the day". Plot Cast Luis J. Romero as Pablo Neruda Anne Solen Hatte as Josie Bliss, Neruda's Burmese girlfriend Dominic Kellar as Lionel Wendt Nimaya Harris as Patsy, Neruda's liberated girlfriend Malcolm Machado as Servant Ratnaiya Rithika Kodithuwakku as the Tamil garbage cleaner woman Thusitha Laknath Samantha Balasuriya Juliyan Kawshalya Mendis Krishantha Jayabahu Adam Smyth Lewis Bower Conrad Ford Rebecca Russell-Turner Kasun Perera Kanchana Nandani Production The first information about Pablo Neruda's presence as Chilean Consul of Sri Lanka and the experiences he encountered in Sri Lanka was first found by Handagama in Tissa Abeysekera's book "Ayaale Giya Sithak". It was in those days that the idea of making a film based on that incident came to his mind. Even though he started to write the script with a romance-based plot, he later realized that Neruda has raped a Tamil garbage collecting female lady during his visit to Sri Lanka.