Sixth Happiness (1997)
• October 4th, 1997 • 1h 37min
Drama
Overview
Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with brittle bone disease, which causes him to have never grown beyond four feet tall. The film follows his sexual awakening whilst his family simultaneously disintegrates all around him. An extremely moving drama confronting stereotypes around disability, sexuality and race, featuring a powerhouse performance from Kanga.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Next Best Thing
Released on: 2000-03-03
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who d...
Rent
Released on: 2005-11-17
Drama, Romance
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1...
Maya Darpan
Released on: 1973-08-02
Drama
In his debut feature film, Kumar Shahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict ...
Mind of Clay
Released on: 1985-03-27
Drama, Documentary
In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wi...
15 Years
Released on: 2019-06-10
Drama
Yoav's demons start haunting him after his best friend becomes pregnant, without telling him, and af...
Vive L'Amour
Released on: 1995-03-02
Drama
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who u...
Spun
Released on: 2003-02-07
Crime, Drama, Comedy
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety...
Midnight Cowboy
Released on: 1969-05-25
Drama
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he ...
Dear Boys
Released on: 1980-05-08
Drama
Lieve Jongens explores the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged writer and the handsome young men who d...
Les Biches
Released on: 1968-03-22
Drama, Romance
A bored bisexual millionaire picks up a young destitute street artist and whisks her away to her vil...
Velvet Goldmine
Released on: 1998-08-28
Drama, Music
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an ...
Nowhere
Released on: 1997-05-09
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. Th...
Love in the Big City
Released on: 2024-10-01
Romance, Drama
Free-spirit Jae-hee and closeted Heung-soo deeply connect over being misfits and begin living togeth...
Don't Look Down
Released on: 2019-08-21
Drama, Comedy
Four gay men and a straight woman who barely know each other find themselves in an apartment in the ...
After the Wedding
Released on: 2006-02-24
Drama
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-alterin...
River Made to Drown In
Released on: 1997-10-01
Drama
Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his propert...
The Goddess of Fortune
Released on: 2019-12-19
Drama
Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have ...
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Released on: 1994-05-31
Drama, Comedy
Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs...
And the Band Played On
Released on: 1993-09-11
Drama, TV Movie
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific commu...