Boy Soldier

Milwr Bychan

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."

Director

Karl Francis

Screenplay

Karl Francis

Status

Released

Release date

30/01/1987

Original language

Welsh

Budget

US$ 1 M