Sri Lanka, May 5 -- My Red Comrade is what you would get if Clerks was directed by Tarkovsky. It was funny, it was sad and it was also super-duper deep. This film was a dramedy with 'Her' and 'Him' constant debates on politics, philosophy and life. It was a nature movie, with 'Her's' constant sensual teasing and 'Him's' stoic repulsion. The forth-wall breaking was also a unique touch seldom seen in local movies and they were total meta-narrative moments

A girl in a sultry red dress is on the run in the middle of a thundershower. She stumbles across the train tracks and evades the Police by sneaking through a shanty town. Three stars go down like GTA; an old grumpy communist (sorry Asiri ayyiya) takes her in and fibs to the cops. No, the ...