Borstal Boy 2000  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Sheridan
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Michael York, Robin Laing, Mark Huberman, Eva Birthistle, Lee Ingleby
During World War II, I.R.A. soldier Brendan Behan (Shawn Hatosy) is caught trying to assemble a bomb in Liverpool. He is sentenced to an East Anglian reform school where his fellow inmates include a Polish Jew, a Scot, a rapist, and a gay sailor. By movie's end, the story implies that Brendan is transformed by his experience into an enlightened young man intent on leaving his fight for the I.R.A. and discovering his creative self. The facts of Brendan Behan's life, however, do not support the conclusion. Upon release from reform school, Brendan returned to Ireland where he shot a policeman and was sentenced to prison–the first of a number of prison terms.
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Joyeux Noel 2005  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Merry Christmas
Director: Christian Carion
Cast: Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Daniel Bruhl, Lucas Belvaux, Bernard Le Coq, Ian Richardson, Natalie Dessay, Steven Robertson, Christopher Fulford, Robin Laing
"Joyeux Noel" is based on a true story that took place on Christmas Eve during World War I when French, Scottish, and German soldiers called for a cease fire, left their rifles in the trenches, and for 24 hours celebrated the spirit of Christmas together. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Foreign Language Film.
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| 1. Borstal Boy (2000)
2. Joyeux Noel (2005)
aka: Merry Christmas
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