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Funny Boy is a 2020 drama film, directed by Deepa Mehta. An adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai 's 1994 novel of the same name , the film centres on the coming of age of Arjie Chelvaratnam, a young Tamil boy in Sri Lanka who is coming to terms with his homosexuality against the backdrop of the increased tensions between Tamil and Sinhalese people ...
Dec 10, 2020 · With Agam Darshi, Nimmi Harasgama, Seema Biswas, Shivantha Wijesinha. Explores Arjie's sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.
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- Deepa Mehta
- 2020-12-10
Funny Boy (2020) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A young Tamil boy growing up gay in Sri Lanka during the deadly Tamil-Sinhalese conflict.
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- Agam Darshi
- Deepa Mehta
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Dec 10, 2020 · Advertisement. A coming-of-age story set in Sri Lanka during the leadup to the decades-long Sri Lankan Civil War, “Funny Boy” is strongest when it considers how heteronormative gender roles and patriarchal thinking quash individual desire and expression.
Check out our exclusive interview with the cast and crew of Funny Boy and find out all about what went into turning the iconic book into a film!
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Dec 10, 2020 · Deepa Mehta’s sprawling coming-of-age drama follows a boy who realizes he is gay in a country that criminalizes homosexuality.
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