Lamb Movie Review 1985

Troubled 10-year-old epileptic Owen Kane (Kane) has been dumped by his abusive mother at a Catholic-run institution for wayward boys in Ireland, run by self-righteous headmaster Brother Benedict (Bannen). Owen becomes Benedict's scapegoat--much to the dismay of Brother Michael Lamb (Neeson). When Lamb claims a small family inheritance, he decides to take Owen and head to London, posing as father and son, where they live in increasingly depressed surroundings while Michael tries painfully to make them into a real family. Based on the novel by MacLaverty, who also wrote the screenplay.

Distribution

Tapeworm Video Distributors, 27833 Hopkins Ave., Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-4904, Fax: (661)257-4820, Email: sales@tapeworm.com, URL: http://www.tapeworm.com

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Irish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Childhood Visions, Nuns & Priests, Child Abuse, London, Ireland, Dads

Screenplay

Bernard MacLaverty

Cast

Liam Neeson, Hugh O'Conor, Ian Bannen, Frances Tomelty

Cinematography

Mike Garfath

Director

Colin Gregg

Music

Van Morrison

Producer

Neil Zeiger, Capital Entertainment