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Borstal Boy (2000) |
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91
minutes
Rated: NR
Country: Ireland, Great
Britain
Studio: Strand Releasing
Cast: Sean Hatosy, Danny
Dyer, Lee Ingleby, Robin Laing, Eva
Birthistle, Michael York
Director: Peter Sheridan
Screenwriter: Brendan Behan,
Nye Heron |
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Synopsis |
Bisexual Irish poet and writer
Brendan Behan's autobiography is
adapted into this marvelously
evocative and at times sexy film
about his intense teen relationship
with another boy in reform school.
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old
IRA foot soldier, is going on a
bombing mission from Ireland to
Liverpool during the second world
war. His mission is thwarted when he
is apprehended, charged and
imprisoned in Borstal, a reform
institution for young offenders in
East Anglia, England.
At Borstal, Brendan is forced to
live face-to-face with those he
perceived as "the enemy," a
confrontation that reveals a deep
inner conflict in the young Brendan
and forces a self-examination that
is both traumatic and revealing.
Events take an unexpected turn and
Brendan is thrown into a complete
spin. In the emotional vortex, he
finally faces up to the truth.
Borstal Boy is directed by Peter
Sheridan and produced by his
brother, acclaimed Irish director
Jim Sheridan. Shawn Hatosy stars as
Brendan and Michael York plays
Joyce, the stern leader of Borstal. |
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