Danny Boyle's hidden debut: kids, sectarian tension, and one very armless statue.
A group of children and their teachers from a Protestant school in Northern Ireland go on a trip to Paris.
Direction
Boyle's first film—already finding beauty in bleakness.
Acting
Child actors carry quiet weight of The Troubles.
Director
Danny Boyle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boyle directed this for BBC Northern Ireland before his feature debut Shallow Grave; it's his only credited TV movie.
Filmed during The Troubles, the Protestant school setting wasn't neutral—Boyle, raised Catholic, was quietly observing 'the other side.'
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