Borstal Boy (2001)

Overview : Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life.

Release Date : March 22, 2001

Runtime : 88m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : British Screen Productions, BSB, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen, RTÉ, Full Schilling Investments

Countries : United Kingdom, Ireland

Keywords : homophobia, bullying, liverpool, england, coming of age, cross dressing, accidental death, ira (irish republican army), based on memoir or autobiography, teenage boy, reform school, norfolk, 1940s, borstal, gay theme, gay teenager