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Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan, is befriended as a teenager in a British labor camp by a liberal warden.
- DIRECTOR
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- Peter Sheridan
- WRITERS
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- Brendan Behan
- Nye Heron
- British Screen Productions
- STUDIOS
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- British Screen Productions
- British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)
- Bórd Scannán Na HÉireann
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, 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. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," 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.
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