“Song for a Raggy Boy” by Aisling Walsh (2003)

(excellent) Movies directed by women

A British week: Aisling Walsh (1/3)

Good script, personages, dialogues, images, content (8)
Excellent direction (9)

A movie about fighting fascisme, whether abroad or at home. A very actual theme indeed!
Aisling Walsh takes us in the world of an Irish reformatory school that keeps the self-esteem of the boys in its charge as low as possible.
An excellent work that she further builds up with Maudie and her most recent Elizabeth is Missing.
I especially appreciated the fact that she did not push the story to emotional extremes but kept a low-tone that reinforces its strength
Looking forward to see more of her work

Rotten Tomatoes Critics 5,8
Metascore —
Roger Ebert —
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 8,4
IMDB 7,6
Average critics 5,8
Average public 8,0

Cast: Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen, Marc Warren
Director: Aisling Walsh
Writers: Aisling Walsh, Kevin Byron Murphy, Patrick Galvin (book)
Music by Richard Blackford
Cinematography by Peter Robertson
Film Editing by Bryan Oates