Borstal Boy (2001)
15
22/03/2001 (GB)
Drama
1h 28m
- 62% (44 votes)
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Overview
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.
- Peter SheridanDirector, Writer
- Nye HeronWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$87,400
Keywords
- homophobia
- bullying
- liverpool, england
- coming of age
- cross dressing
- accidental death
- ira (irish republican army)
- based on memoir or autobiography
- teenage boy
- reform school
- norfolk
- 1940s
- borstal
- gay theme
- gay teenager
Top Billed Cast
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
Jock
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
Eamon Glancy
Manning
Dennis Conway
Holmes
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