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) |
