# Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)

> A compassionate lay teacher confronts violent clerical authority while trying to protect and educate boys trapped in a 1939 Irish reformatory.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/33616

## Facts

- Runtime: 94 min
- Genres: Drama, History
- Director: Aisling Walsh
- Cast: Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen, Marc Warren, Dudley Sutton, Alan Devlin, Stuart Graham, Bernard Manning, John Travers
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339707/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: harrowing, oppressive, sincere, serious film night, historical drama viewing

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