Borstal Boy (NR)

Quicklook Rating★★½

synopsis

The teen years of Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan. At the age of sixteen, while on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the Second World War, he is caught by the British. He is sent to a Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders, in the south of England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face to face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn as Brendan falls for the headmaster's daughter and befriends an ostracized gay student. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to some difficult truths and finds a way to move on.

details

Drama
1 hr. 33 min.
Opened March 1st, 2002

director

Peter Sheridan

writer

Nye Heron

MovieGoer Review

Sixteen-year-old Dubliner Brendan Behan is apprehended while trying to smuggle explosives for the Irish Republican Army from Ireland to Liverpool, England, in the early years of World War II. He is convicted and sent to Borstal, a facility ... MORE

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synopsis

The teen years of Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan. At the age of sixteen, while on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the Second World War, he is caught by the British. He is sent to a Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders, in the south of England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face to face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn as Brendan falls for the headmaster's daughter and befriends an ostracized gay student. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to some difficult truths and finds a way to move on.

details

Drama
1 hr. 33 min.
Opened March 1st, 2002

director

Peter Sheridan

writer

Nye Heron

MovieGoer Review

Sixteen-year-old Dubliner Brendan Behan is apprehended while trying to smuggle explosives for the Irish Republican Army from Ireland to Liverpool, England, in the early years of World War II. He is convicted and sent to Borstal, a facility ... MORE