Borstal Boy

Release date: 1-Mar-2010

Director: Peter Sheridan
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Lee Ingleby, Robin Laing, Eva Birthistle

Borstal Boy stars Shawn Hatosy as Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, who is sent 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.

Certificate: 15
Genres: Drama Film

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