Based on the award-winning novel by Jonathan Trigell, Boy A is a powerful coming-of-age drama that raises difficult questions about modern day morality.
Andrew Garfield stars as Jack, a young man who has spent most of his life in institutions paying for a terrible crime he committed as a minor. At 24 years of age, he is released into an unrecognisable adult world with a new name, a new job - a new life. Only his case worker, played by Peter Mullan, knows his true identity.
Anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack, desperate to rebuild his life and seize this second chance, has to contend with being unable to tell the people he gets to know, and love, about his real past and the monstrous secret he keeps hidden.
Boy A reunites award-winning director John Crowley with writer Mark O'Rowe, who debuted to great acclaim with the 2003 film Intermission, starring Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy.
On TV
First Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 26 November 2007 | Channel 4 |
Music from the episode
| Played | Track | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:25:47 | Singin' In The Rain | Mint Royale | Faith And Hope |
| 0:28:14 | Floor Basics | Mint Royale | Faith And Hope |
| 0:28:46 | A Higher Place | Royksopp | Wall Of Sound Recordings |
| 0:30:31 | Drop The Pressure | Mylo | Breastfed Records |
| 0:31:25 | Sexiest Man In Jamaica | Mint Royale | Faith And Hope |
| 0:32:25 | Princess | Mint Royale | Faith And Hope |
| 0:47:38 | Boy A | Unknown | |
| 1:45:52 | Carousel Music | Unknown | Unknown |
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