cruelty  The film is set in a reform school, where young boys are humiliated, beaten, molested and tortured for the smallest reasons.

Violence: 6 Points: 6

Actors and Actresses	age	nudity
		frontal	rear	chest
boys (20)	from 12 to 14 years old
boy	13 years old

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Time: 0:22:24-0:22:26 (2s)

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abuse   sex  Boy molested by a priest.

Sex: 10 Violence: 10 Points: 20

Actors and Actresses	age	nudity
		frontal	rear	chest
Chris Newman	14 years old

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Time: 0:31:06-0:32:23 (1m 17s)

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showering  Patrick Delaney (Chris Newman, 14) seen rear nude in the showers room.

Nudity: 6 Points: 6

Actors and Actresses	age	nudity
		frontal	rear	chest
Chris Newman	14 years old		full

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Time: 0:36:38-0:37:02 (24s)

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punishment   cruelty  Punishment of 2 boys.

Violence: 6 Points: 6

Actors and Actresses	age	nudity
		frontal	rear	chest
boys (2)	from 12 to 13 years old
boys (25)	from 12 to 14 years old

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Time: 0:57:25-0:58:35 (1m 10s)

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abuse  Liam is beaten to death by priest.

Violence: 10 Points: 10

Actors and Actresses	age	nudity
		frontal	rear	chest
John Travers	14 years old

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Time: 1:15:37-1:17:49 (2m 12s)

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Martina Zemlicka: When I think about the raping scene, it seems so real…
Aisling Walsh: That was a very simple scene to film. People think that was quite difficult. I explained to the 14 year old Chris, the boy, what it is about… and I mean he had his trousers on. I think the harder scene for him to do and also for me to shoot was him telling the priest in the confession box. When I met him, and I met him a few times, and I knew he was right for that part, I rung his mother and said that I want him to play this part but that I need her to explain him the scene before he would read it to me. He knew about it anyway, so he was fine. Actually, the hardest thing to do for him as a child was to stand in the shower with his clothes off…
Source:

https://fipresci.org/report/an-interview-with-aisling-walsh/
2003

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