The Butcher Boy

  • Comedy
  • Drama
2/20/1998
110
R

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

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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$5,000,000

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  • deepkino

    A darkly comic and disturbing look at childhood gone wrong in 1960s Ireland. Between Francie Bradys wild imagination, religious satire, and Sinead OConnor as a vision of the Virgin Mary, its one of the most unique coming-of-age films Ive ever seen. Funny, tragic, and haunting all at once! The film is a strange one, centering on a sweet and lovely kid who becomes a victim of ostracism.

    November 4, 2025

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