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Lamb - the novel

Lamb
Flickers (1985)

"Liam Neeson's performance as Lamb is faultless" Shaun Usher - Daily Mail

This is the tale of a Brother in a Religious Order teaching at a Remand Home on the Atlantic coast of Ireland and his doomed love for a ten-year old epileptic inmate. Starring Liam Neeson as Michael Lamb, a young naïve Brother who, while trying to come to terms with his loss of faith is made responsible for ten -year old Owen (Hugh O'Conor) who has been put into the care of the Home by his mother (Frances Tomelty). The Home's brutal regime is run by the sadistic Brother Benedict(Ian Bannen). The death of Lamb's father and the resulting inheritance signals a means of escape for him and the boy. Masquerading as father and son the two depart for London only to discover their bought time dwindleing away. Determined to prevent Owen's return to institutionalized suffering , Lamb is left with a tragic uncompromising solution…

Starring Liam Neeson and Hugh O'Conor in a Flickers Productions and Limehouse Pictures Film in association with Channel Four Films.
Also starring Ian Bannen, Frances Tomelty, Dudley Sutton.
Director of Photography Mike Garfath
Music by Van Morrison
Screenplay by Bernard MacLaverty from his novel 'Lamb'.
Executive Producer Al Burgess
Associate Producer Martin Proctor
Produced by Neil Zeiger
Directed by Colin Gregg