The Butcher Boy (1998)

6
/ 10
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1h 50m
Running Time

February 20, 1998
Release Date

The Butcher Boy (1998)

6
/ 10
1 User Ratings
1h 50m
Running Time

February 20, 1998
Release Date

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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Plot.

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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Cast & Crew.

Macdara Ó Fátharta

Macdara Ó Fátharta

Alien Priest

Stuart Graham

Stuart Graham

Priest at College

Vinnie McCabe

Vinnie McCabe

Detective

Áine McEneaney

Áine McEneaney

Girl in Shooting Gallery

Siobhan McElvaney

Siobhan McElvaney

Girl in Shooting Gallery

Paolo Tullio

Paolo Tullio

Mr Caffolla

Ciarán Owens

Ciarán Owens

Boy in Fountain

Shane O'Connor

Shane O'Connor

Boy in Fountain

Details.

Release Date
February 20, 1998

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 50m

Content Rating
R

Box Office
$5,000,000

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

suicide
angel
difficult childhood
insane asylum
pig
friendship
boarding school
alcoholism
murder
dark comedy
based on novel or book

Wiki.

The Butcher Boy is a 1997 Irish black comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. The film was based on Patrick McCabe’s 1992 novel of the same name and McCabe co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan.

Set in the early 1960s, The Butcher Boy is about Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens), a 12-year-old boy who retreats into a violent fantasy world to escape the reality of his dysfunctional family; as his circumstances worsen, his sanity deteriorates and he begins acting out, with increasing brutality. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and a Special Mention for Owens "astonishing lead". It also won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Adrian Biddle.

The Butcher Boy was the final film produced by The Geffen Film Company, and was released before their closure in 1998. In addition, it was also Sinéad O'Connor's final feature film before her death in 2023.

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