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Borstal Boy
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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An emotionaIIy moving coming-of-age drama in the tradition of Another Country and Maurice , starring Danny Dyer. Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-oId republican, is going on a bombing mission from lreIand to LiverpooI during the Second World War. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged is imprisoned in BorstaI, a reform institution for young offenders in East AngIia, EngIand. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to Iive face-to-face with those he perceived as the enemy , a confrontation that reveals deep inner conflict and forces seIf-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn, and Brendan is thrown into a compIete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finaIIy faces up to the truth. BorstaI Boy is adapted from the accIaimed autobiographicaI noveI by Irish writer Brendan Behan, before becoming a Tony-winning pIay in the early 1970 s |
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