The Butcher Boy
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.
- genus: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Geffen Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- keyword: friendship, suicide, based on novel or book, pig, boarding school, angel, difficult childhood, dark comedy, insane asylum, alcoholism, murder
- cast: Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Peter Gowen
