Borstal Boy

1h33m (93 mins) Drama 2000 Rating:

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.

Starring

Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Eva Birthistle, Michael York, Mark Huberman, Lee Ingleby, Ronnie Drew

Direction

Peter Sheridan

Screenplay

Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron