The Butcher Boy
“This little piggy laughed all the way home!”
6.8(131)R19981h 50mEN
Directed by Neil Jordan
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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friendshipsuicidebased on novel or bookpigboarding schoolangeldifficult childhooddark comedyinsane asylumalcoholismmurderireland
Box office $5.0M
