'Song For A Raggy Boy' is to have its Irish premiere at the 2003 Cork Film Festival.
The Irish-made film will open the festival on Sunday 12 October.
Based on a true story by Patrick Galvin, the cast is headlined by Aidan Quinn ('Evelyn') and Iain Glen ('Tomb Raider') with Marc Warren ('Band of Brothers'), Dudley Sutton, Alan Devlin, John Travers and Chris Newman.
'Song For A Raggy Boy' tells the story of one man’s courage to stand up and fight the fascist regime in a boys’ Irish Reformatory School.
Set in 1939, William Franklin (Quinn) returns from the Spanish Civil War to the confining walls of a Catholic Reformatory School.
Battling to come to terms with the demons of his past, amongst the cruellest of punishment, abuse and neglect, it shows how one man can make a difference
'Song For A Raggy Boy' was directed by Aisling Walsh ('Joyriders') with a screenplay by Patrick Galvin, Aisling Walsh and Kevin Byron Murphy.
It will be released nationwide by Abbey Films on 17 October.
