7.3
The Butcher Boy
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
6.8129 votes19981h 50mReleased
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
- Director
- Neil Jordan
- Released
- 20 February 1998
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures, Butcher Boy Film Productions
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Top Cast
Eamonn Owens
Francie Brady
Alan Boyle
Joe Purcell
Fiona Shaw
Mrs. Nugent
Stephen Rea
Da Brady
Ian Hart
Uncle Arlo
Peter Gowen
