Funny Boy (2020)

Funny Boy (2020) Country: Canada, USA Release Year: 2020 Director: Deepa Mehta Writer: Deepa Mehta, Shyam Selvadurai Language: Tamil, English, Sinhalese Genre: Drama Runtime: 109 min Cast: Brandon Ingram, Rehan Mudannayake Arush Nand, Shivantha Wijesinha Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi Studio: ARRAY Releasing Hamilton-Mehta Productions Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13345636/ Available on:

Shot on location and set in Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 80s, Funny Boy explores the queer awakening of a Tamil boy named Arjie. As political tensions escalate to a boiling point between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese, the boy comes of age in a society and family where being gay is taboo.