FILM
The Butcher Boy
“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.
- Director
- Neil Jordan
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Locked in
- Edge-of-your-seat night
- Unhinged but iconic
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