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Borstal Boy (2001)

NR88 minDrama

6.2 / 10

44 votes

Budget: $100KRevenue: $87K

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.

Directed by Peter Sheridan

Written by Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron