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Spotlight on Cannes

Fandor travels to the French Riviera with 14 laudable films spanning 50 years of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Films

Aravani Girl

Sixteen-year-olds Palani and Karthik want to become "ladyboys." They’re bullied in school and beaten by their families. Their parents would like to see them grow up as normal boys but they’re falling deeper and deeper into the world of the "Aravanis." Loved as dance performers but hated as homosexuals, their stories emblazon...
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Aravani Girl

(2009) 53 min

Indian Documentary

Peter Spenceley

Sixteen-year-olds Palani and Karthik want to become "ladyboys." They’re bullied in school and beaten by...

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Recent Reviews

SebastianFTL

Aravani Girl

Sad...beautiful.

onelove

Aravani Girl

Aravani Girl was real, striking, insightful, sad, and interospective. It is definitely educational, and worth watching if one is to improve on their knowledge of the world.