The iconic white frock, with a scintillatingly cinched waist ... During one of the pivotal scenes in the film, Richard and The Girl walk along a city sidewalk during the sultry summer.

Kavindi, an only child, was a Grade 9 English medium student at leading Colombo girls’ school, Musaeus College ... and Kavindi had wanted to buy two white frocks. “I asked her why she wanted white, ...