¡Bogu Child
¡Shi Von Dow Do / Saku Chiba Shigeki / Yaku
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[Machine Translation] Northern Ireland, 1981. Fergus, a high school student living in a village near the border, is aiming to become a doctor at a British university away from this land of continuing conflict. One day, while out digging for peat to earn money, Fergus discovers the body of a young girl in a swamp. The body, preserved vividly by the action of the peat, had been strangled to death. Meanwhile, Joe, the brother of the Irish independence activist, goes on hunger strike in prison. The countdown to his death begins. Fergus, torn between his love for his homeland and his thirst for freedom, makes a decision to risk his brother's life... What is the truth behind the death of the "marsh girl"? Will Fergus be able to hold the future in his hands? -The winner of the Carnegie Prize in 2007.
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