Funny Boy (2020)

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Synopsis

Dir: Deepa Mehta. English/Tamil/Sinhalese language Drama/Romance. While tensions rise due to ethnic differences in 1980s Sri Lanka, a young, gay Tamil student (Ali Kazmi) begins a relationship with a Sinhalese classmate (Ruvin Da Silva).

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence, some in a bullying context, some in a civil unrest context - some blood and detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Gender and expectation
• Bullying
• Racism and conflict

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

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