The Butcher Boy (1997)
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
110 min
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.
- Release date
- February 20, 1998
- Country of origin
- Ireland
- Box office
- $5,000,000
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Eamonn Owens as Francie Brady
- Alan Boyle as Joe Purcell
- Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Nugent
- Stephen Rea as Da Brady
- Ian Hart as Uncle Arlo
- Peter Gowen as Leddy
- Sean McGinley as Sergeant
- Aisling O'Sullivan as Ma Brady
- John Kavanagh as Dr. Boyd
- Andrew Fullerton as Phillip Nugent
- Rosaleen Linehan as Mrs. Canning
- Anita Reeves as Mrs. Coyle
- Sinéad O'Connor as Our Lady/Colleen
- Brendan Gleeson as Father Bubbles
- Milo O'Shea as Father Sullivan
- Niall Buggy as Father Dom
- Ardal O'Hanlon as Mr Purcell
- Tom Hickey as Gardener
- Gina Moxley as Mary
- Joe Pilkington as Charlie McGlone
- John Olohan as Mr Nugent
- Mikel Murfi as Buttsy
- Brendan Conroy as Devlin
- Jer O'Leary as Dublin Man
- Pat Leavy as Dublin Cafe Woman
- Janet Moran as Dublin Shopkeeper
- Paraic Breathnach as Man on Tractor
- Gregg Fitzgerald as Bogman #1
Crew
- Neil Jordan · Director
- Pat McCabe · Writer
- Neil Jordan · Writer
- Redmond Morris · Producer
- Stephen Woolley · Producer
- Elliot Goldenthal · Composer
- Adrian Biddle · Cinematographer
- Tony Lawson · Editor
- Susie Figgis · Casting director
- Anthony Pratt · Production designer