Berggasse 8 Folgen

In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discovery.

Colombo, Sri Lanka, Anfang der 1990er Jahre. Maali Almeida, ein verkappt schwuler Kriegsfotograf und Zocker, erwacht eines Morgens im Jenseits, das eine himmlische Einwanderungsbehörde zu sein scheint.

The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky. Then, like an unexpected monsoon, his cousin arrives from Canada and Amrith's ordered life is storm-tossed.