The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy (1998)

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

Comedy Drama

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.

star 6.8
  • Release Date: 1998-02-20
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Director: Neil Jordan

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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

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