Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s is the setting for this film, where the upper-class Tamil minority group navigates a society dominated by the Sinhalese majority. The story revolves around Arjie, an 8-year-old boy who loves dressing up like a bride and acting out a bridal procession with his cousins. When his behavior is discovered by adults, he is ridiculed and called "funny", a term he doesn't understand but knows is negative.
Funny Boy
A poignant coming-of-age story unfolds in the midst of Sri Lanka's turbulent backdrop, as a young boy navigates his emerging sexuality and forbidden attraction to a male classmate.
