Hilton Hope
 

Sri Lanka October 2010

After the devastating tsunami of December 2004, many people got homeless in sri lanka. The world offered help in many ways for those who lost their relatives and friends. The disabled women of the Sambodhi Institute in Baddegama near Hikkaduwa lost their friends and relatives long time ago; not by the force of nature but by pure voluntarily desertion of the family side. These women who are both fysically and mentally ill have to make the best of life in a dark and dirty environment. They only have each other and pass their days in a forgotten world. Hilton Hope stands for the unspoken truth and the loneliness...

for the one sprakle of hope to once returning home. The documentary shows disabled women who play music and do needlework. They are bored and feel isolated. One woman has leprosy and feeds herself with her feet. She weaves clothes and draws paintings. These forgotten women live in a dirty building that falls into decay. When it rains, they have to sweep the floors in order to keep their bedroom dry. A young girl who is highly sensitive and still not clean makes ends meet in a world where the exception proves the rule.

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