Borstal Boy

2001 91 min Drama

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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IMDb 6.8 RT 47 Metacritic 47

budget $100,000 earnings $87,400 return 0.9x

director Peter Sheridan

writers Nye Heron, Peter Sheridan

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