The Butcher Boy

Name: The Butcher Boy
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1998-02-20
Duration: 110 min
Cast: John Kavanagh, Sinéad O'Connor, Joe Pilkington, Eamonn Owens, Ian Hart

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

Rating

No ratings yet

Release Date

2/20/1998

Runtime

110 mins

Genres

Drama Comedy

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

$5,000,000

Homepage

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A fever dream of childhood fractured by trauma, told with unsettling humour and hallucinatory intensity. This is a descent into madness filtered through a boy's increasingly desperate attempt to survive his own family.