Watch Song for a Raggy Boy: In 1939 William Franklin, an anti-Franco veteran of the bloody Spanish Civil War, arrives as first-ever lay teacher in a strict Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School for wayward boys. He soon learns the academic challenge is formidable, many boys being still illiterate, but gradually earns their trust, respect, in time almost devotion, with 'paternal' kindness, making the layman the opposite of the cruel prefect, brother John, who frequently administers painful and humiliating punishments, even the gentle, old superior Father Damian has no authority against his disciplinary mandate from the grim bishop Conlon. Slowly even class rebel Liam Mercier is turned around, trough his gift for... |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.60 | |
Runtime: | 94 mins | |
Genres: | Drama History | |
Director: | Aisling Walsh | |
Actors: | Robert Sheehan Iain Glen Aidan Quinn Marc Warren John Travers | |
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simsy : ending was kinda lame but ok movie...
Myrrh : When is the next episode?! I need my fix!
Myrrh : I am so curious as to what story characters will appear this season! Can...
minjofu : Shouldn't this be under horror?
skorpio777 : VERY GOOD MOVIE
skorpio777 : VERY GOOD MOVIE
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maximus_1 : thank you for the links and this is a great show!
Not a dry eye in sight! A film i had never heard before watching this today. Bloody horrendous situation back then and real bloody good film! 10/10