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Borstal Boy (2000)
IrelandNR93Min
6.8 ( 3K Votes )
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47 %In Borstal Boy, a young Irish writer named Brendan Behan is sentenced to a boys' reformatory for his involvement in the IRA. He faces various challenges, including bullying, homophobia, and the struggle to express his sexuality. Despite the harsh conditions, Brendan finds solace in writing and boxing, while forming relationships with other inmates. The movie explores themes of coming-of-age, homosexuality, and the power struggle within the reformatory.
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- sexuality
- male male kiss
- gay
- borstal
- homosexuality
- homosexual
- boys reformatory
- coming of age
- homophobia
- irish
- boxing
- power struggle
- gay love
- ireland
- writer
- drag
- playwright
- dormitory
- bullying
- cross dressing
- ira (irish republican army)
- british
- attempted rape
- gay kiss
- sex offender
- 1940s
- world war two
- death of friend
- friend
- guilt
- graveyard
- fistfight
- solitary confinement
- gay slur
- burial
- rapist
- court
- cemetery
- theft
- throwing dirt on coffin
- dynamite
- stuttering
- male dressed as female
- blitz
- death by landmine
- landmine explosion
- accidental death
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