Funny Boy
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Funny Boy

Funny Boy (2020)

Genres - Drama  |   Release Date - Nov 27, 2020  |   Run Time - 109 min.  |  
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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 before the breakout of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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Themes

Coming of Age/Teen | LGBTQ

Tags

Arjie Chelvaratnam, Civil War, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka

Attributes

Based On: based on novels

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