The Butcher Boy

Movie Facts

Runtime
110 min

Status
Released

Language
EN

Popularity
10.56

Director
Neil Jordan

Writers
Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe

The Butcher Boy

1998 Rated R · ⭐ 6.8 · Votes: 94

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.

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Genres

Comedy Drama

Moods

Feel-Good Cult Favorites Bleak Quirky

Cast

Aisling O'Sullivan Alan Boyle Andrew Fullerton Anita Reeves Anne O'Neill Ardal O'Hanlon Birdy Sweeney Brendan Conroy Brendan Gleeson Ciaran Owens Dermot Healy Eamonn Owens Eoin Chaney Fiona Shaw Gavin Kelty Gerard McSorley Gina Moxley Gregg Fitzgerald Ian Hart Janet Moran Jer O'Leary Joe Pilkington John Finegan John Kavanagh John Olohan Macdara Ã“ Fátharta Marie Mullen Mikel Murfi Milo O’Shea Niall Buggy Paolo Tullio Paraic Breathnach Pat Leavy Pat McCabe Peter Gowen Ronan Wilmot Rosaleen Linehan Sean Hughes Sean McGinley Shane O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor Siobhan McElvaney Stephen Rea Stuart Graham Tom Hickey Tony Rohr Vinnie McCabe-Ãine McEneaney

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