SONG FOR A RAGGY BOY
synopsis
One man's courage to stand up and fight against the tough fascist regime in a boys Irish Reformatory School in 1939. William Franklin is a broken man who fought on the side of the communists in the Spanish Civil War who now finds himself teaching at St. Jude. Based on a true story.
international title: | Song For A Raggy Boy |
original title: | Song For A Raggy Boy |
country: | Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, Denmark |
sales agent: | Lolafilms SL |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Aisling Walsh |
film run: | 93' |
release date: | DK 22/08/2003, IE 17/10/2003, BE 29/10/2003, NO 07/11/2003, UK 09/04/2004 |
screenplay: | Aisling Walsh, Kevin Byron Murphy, Patrick Galvin |
cast: | Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen, Simone Bendix, Claus Blue |
cinematography by: | Peter Robertson |
film editing: | Bryan Oates |
art director: | John Hand |
costumes designer: | Alison Byrne |
music: | Richard Blackford |
producer: | John McDonnell, Dominic Wright, Kevin Byron Murphy |
production: | Fantastic Films, Subotica, Moviefan Scandinavia A/S, Lolafilms (ES), Zoma Ltd. (UK) |
distributor: | Constantin Film (DK), Columbia TriStar (NO) |