Borstal Boy
2001·Movie
·1h 31min·
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As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.
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.
Irish Republican ArmyWorld War IIBorstal Reform SchoolComing-of-Age DramaPolitical IncarcerationBiographicalSocial CommentaryMelancholy
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Directed by:
Peter Sheridan
Written by:
Nye Heron, Brendan Behan, Peter Sheridan
Produced by:
Jim Sheridan, Maureen Hughes, Paul Myler
Composed by:
Stephen McKeon
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