Borstal Boy (2000)

Borstal Boy (2000) Country: UK, Ireland Release Year: 2000 Director: Peter Sheridan Writer: Brendan Behan, Nye Heron, Peter Sheridan Language: English, Irish Gaelic Genre: Drama, Romance Runtime: 90 min Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer Lee Ingleby, Robin Laing Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney Studio: Hell's Kitchen Films, BSkyB, RTÉ, Dakota British Screen Productions Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221838/ Available on:

Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, 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. 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. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.