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Borstal Boy

Overview

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.

RATING

6.00

DIRECTOR

Peter Sheridan

COUNTRIES

United Kingdom

Ireland

RELEASE DATE

2001

TIME

1h 33m

GENRE