
The Butcher Boy
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
1998 en 110 minutes
Rating: 6.8
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

Eamonn Owens
Francie Brady

Alan Boyle
Joe Purcell

Fiona Shaw
Mrs. Nugent

Stephen Rea
Da Brady

Ian Hart
Uncle Arlo

Peter Gowen
Leddy

Sean McGinley
Sergeant

Aisling O'Sullivan
Ma Brady

John Kavanagh
Dr. Boyd

Andrew Fullerton
Phillip Nugent

Rosaleen Linehan
Mrs. Canning

Anita Reeves
Mrs. Coyle

Sinéad O'Connor
Our Lady/Colleen

Brendan Gleeson
Father Bubbles

Milo O’Shea
Father Sullivan

Niall Buggy
Father Dom

Ardal O'Hanlon
Mr Purcell

Tom Hickey
Gardener

Gina Moxley
Mary

Joe Pilkington
Charlie McGlone

Anne O'Neill
Mrs McGlone

John Olohan
Mr Nugent

Mikel Murfi
Buttsy

Brendan Conroy
Devlin

Jer O'Leary
Dublin Man

Pat Leavy
Dublin Cafe Woman

Janet Moran
Dublin Shopkeeper

Paraic Breathnach
Man on Tractor

Gregg Fitzgerald
Bogman #1

John Finegan
Bogman #2

Gavin Kelty
Bogman #3

Eoin Chaney
Bogman #4

Tony Rohr
Bogman in Mental Hospital

Dermot Healy
Bogman in Hospital

Sean Hughes
Psychiatrist #1

Gerard McSorley
Psychiatrist #2

Birdy Sweeney
Man in Well

Ronan Wilmot
Policeman

Pat McCabe
Jimmy the Skite

Marie Mullen
Mrs Thompson

Macdara Ó Fátharta
Alien Priest

Stuart Graham
Priest at College

Vinnie McCabe
Detective

Áine McEneaney
Girl in Shooting Gallery

Siobhan McElvaney
Girl in Shooting Gallery

Paolo Tullio
Mr Caffolla

Ciarán Owens
Boy in Fountain

Shane O'Connor
Boy in Fountain