Borstal Boy | |
Director: | Peter Sheridan |
Music: | Stephen McKeon |
Cinematography: | CiarĂ¡n Tanham |
Editing: | Stephen O'Connell |
Distributor: | Strand Releasing |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom Ireland |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $100,000 |
Gross: | $87,400 |
Borstal Boy is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Peter Sheridan, based on the 1958 autobiographical novel of the same name by Brendan Behan.
In 1941, 16-year-old IRA volunteer Brendan Behan (Shawn Hatosy) 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 a borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he regarded as his enemies, 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.