If there is a moral in Deepa Mehta’s tale of gay teenage love,Funny Boy, it is how small individual drama looks when set against the bloodshed and injustice of history.
Based on Shyam Selvadurai’s well-known novel, the story centers around a large, wealthy, traditional Tamil family running an upscale resort in Sri Lanka.
The older members fight a bitter battle against the younger generation’s push for sexual independence, particularly their younger son’s attraction to men, until they find themselves swept up in the historical disaster of the civil war between Sinhalese and Tamils.
Vividly drawn characters portrayed by a lively, likable cast in a seductive tropical atmosphere make this a welcome return of Toronto-based Mehta to filming her.
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