Borstal Boy
2001 · 1h 31m · Drama · United Kingdom, Ireland · Rated 15 (GB)
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.
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Peter Sheridan6.1Smart score
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1940saccidental deathbased on memoir or autobiographyborstalbullyingcoming of agecross dressinggay teenagergay themehomophobiaira (irish republican army)liverpool, englandnorfolkreform schoolteenage boy
Rating15 (GB)
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