Premieres on CBC TV and CBC Gem on December 4, 2020Ĭoming to Netflix on December 10, 2020, in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand The film chronicles Arjie’s struggle to find balance and self-love despite the absence of empathy and understanding. As political tensions escalate to a boiling point between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese, a young boy comes of age in a society and family that doesn’t embrace difference outside of societal norms. Shot on location and set in Sri Lanka in the 1970’s and 80’s, Funny Boy explores the awakening of sexual identity by a young boy named Arjie (portrayed by Arush Nand and Brandon Ingram). Three-time Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore created the film score. Mehta co-wrote the screenplay with Selvadurai, with David Hamilton producing. Widely known for her trilogy films, Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), Mehta’s latest film is based on the best-selling Canadian novel by Shyam Selvadurai.

Mansions of the Moon is an immersive, lively and thrilling feat of literary imagination.įunny Boy is the highly-anticipated dramatic feature from Oscar nominee Deepa Mehta.

Selvadurai also captures the intricate web of power, family and relationships that surround a singular marriage, and the remarkable woman who until now has remained a little-understood shadow in the historical record. India in all its fascinating detail, depicting as well the great intellectual and spiritual ferment of the time that changed human thought, and whose ideas are still relevant today. And is there a path she might take towards her own form of enlightenment?Īward-winning writer Shyam Selvadurai brings to life 6th century B.C. Eventually, Yasodhara is forced to ask what kind of life a woman can lead in ancient India if her husband abandons her-even a well-born woman such as herself. Mansions of the Moon traces the couple’s early love and life together, and then the anguished turmoil that descends upon them both as Siddhartha’s spiritual calling takes over and the marriage partnership slowly, inexorably crumbles. In this sweeping, at once epic and intimate, Shyam Selvadurai introduces us to Yasodhara, a woman of great spirit and intelligence, married to her cousin Siddhartha Gautama, an unusually bright and politically astute young man, who will later become “the enlightened one,” or the Buddha.

The hungry ghosts by shyam selvadurai