Funny Boy

Synopsis

"Funny Boy is a 2020 Canadian drama film, directed by Deepa Mehta.[1] 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." [Wikipedia] "After 26 years, the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009. More than a million Tamils left Sri Lanka as refuges within that period." [Closing Screen Text]

Genre

Historical

Released

2020

Location

Sri Lanka

Period

1983 uprisings

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