Based on Brendan Behan's acclaimed autobiography and directed by Peter Sheridan (In the Name of the Father), Borstal Boy is a hard-hitting, rites-of-passage story where the harsh realities of prison life are revealed.

Brendan (Shawn Hatosy) is a teenage Republican going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during World War II. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in England.

Locked in close quarters Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceives as "the enemy".

"A GEM... FULL OF QUIET HUMOUR AND HUMANITY" - Sunday Tribune

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