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Boy Soldier (1987)

Boy Soldier (1987)

Drama
Release Date: 1987, January 30
Directors: Karl Francis
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Cine Cymru
Cast: Bernard Hill, Dafydd Hywel, Robert Pugh, James Donnelly, Richard Lynch, Emer Gillespie, Russell Gomer, Ian Saynor, Roger Nott, Timothy Lyn, Stephen Lyons, Dylan Davies

Overview:

A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."

Keywords:

military wales ireland the troubles (north ireland, 1966-98)