Film

Funny Boy 2020

Drama 109 min

Love was an act of war.

A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Prestige, character-led, contemplative and overwhelming.

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