Borstal Boy (2000)
Ratings:
6.1 (TMDb)
Released:
2001-03-22
Runtime:
1h 31m
Genres:
Drama
Countries:
United Kingdom, Ireland
Director:
Peter Sheridan
Actors:
Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle, Mark Huberman, Lee Ingleby, Ronnie Drew
Synopsis
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.