A troubled boy (Steven Mackintosh) endures physical abuse by the staffers at a children's home.A troubled boy (Steven Mackintosh) endures physical abuse by the staffers at a children's home.A troubled boy (Steven Mackintosh) endures physical abuse by the staffers at a children's home.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 12 wins & 3 nominations total
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- TriviaEpilogue: "42 out of 52 police forces in Britain are currently investigating allegations of sexual abuse in children's homes. They are: Lincolnshire Operation Diamond, North Yorkshire Operation Pudsy, Sussex Operation Blast, Staffordshire Operation Thor, Gwent Operation Flight, Avon & Somerset Operation React, South Wales Operation Goldfinch, Suffolk, Devon & Cornwall Operation Lentisk, Hampshire Dorset, Kent, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Strathclyde, Essex, Grampian, Dunfries & Galloway, Metropolitan West Midlands, Hertfordshire, Northumbria, Avon & Somerset, Thames Valley, West Mercia, Fife, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Leicester Humberside, South Wales, Lothian & Borders, Greater Manchester Operation Goldfinch, Wiltshire, Norfolk Gloucester, Mercyside Operation Care, North Wales, Derbyshire, Lancashire Operation Nevada, Nottinghamshire."
- ConnectionsFeatures Fawlty Towers (1975)
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Mackintosh and Bird deserve every plaudit.
I watched this film for the first time on Polish TV last night, and it blew me away.
I've been an admirer of Steven Mackintosh's performances for many years, but this is his tour-de-force.
Like many people director Antonia Bird caught my attention in 1994 when Bird was premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Together Bird and Mackintosh, well supported by an excellent cast, create a harrowing, shocking and nerve-shattering drama that only us Brits could make with such brutal honesty.
Well done all of you involved. 10/10
I've been an admirer of Steven Mackintosh's performances for many years, but this is his tour-de-force.
Like many people director Antonia Bird caught my attention in 1994 when Bird was premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Together Bird and Mackintosh, well supported by an excellent cast, create a harrowing, shocking and nerve-shattering drama that only us Brits could make with such brutal honesty.
Well done all of you involved. 10/10
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