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A Boy Called Alex
About the film
We follow Alex over three extraordinary months as he sets out to achieve his goal. Filmed with almost unprecedented access to Eton, a school which rarely allows cameras inside its gates, the documentary charts the highs and lows of rehearsals as Alex pummels the school's orchestra into shape, meeting his teachers, his friends, his doctors and his family along the way.
Twice during the filming Alex nearly died. Each time he pulled himself out of his hospital bed to continue doing what he loved best – making music. What emerges is the portrait of a boy who, despite every obstacle thrown in his way, simply refuses to give up.
Feisty, funny, irreverent
Without a shred of self-pity, Alex has set himself a terrifically difficult task. But he is absolutely determined to achieve it, and nothing – not even his lungs – will get in his way.
A Boy Called Alex is directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Stephen Walker, whose previous Channel 4 film Young@Heart – about an American chorus of rock 'n' roll pensioners – won the Audience Award at the LA Film Festival and will be released theatrically in the USA by Fox in Spring 2008.
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