Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life. | ||
Title | : | Borstal Boy |
Release Date | : | 2001-03-22 |
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Production Countries | : | United Kingdom, Ireland, |
Production Co. | : | British Screen Productions BSB Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Dakota Films Hell's Kitchen RTÉ Full Schilling Investments |
Genres | : | Drama, |
Casts | : | Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle, Mark Huberman, Lee Ingleby, Ronnie Drew, Eamon Glancy, Dennis Conway, Patricia Leventon, John O'Toole, Luke Hayden, Michael York, Mark Lambert, Eoin Slattery, Owen Sharpe, Viko Nikci, Lukas Hassel, Arthur Riordan, |
Plot Keywords | : | homophobia, bullying, liverpool, england, coming of age, cross dressing, accidental death, ira (irish republican army), based on memoir or autobiography, teenage boy, reform school, norfolk, 1940s, borstal, gay theme, gay teenager, |
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