MOVIE
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.
DOCUMENTARY PROFILE
The context around The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy is organized as documentary viewing with connections to Comedy, Drama. The page links its factual genre context to creators, release era and related documentary discovery.
- Release
- 1998-02-20
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 6.8/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ireland, United States of America
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures, Butcher Boy Film Productions
People behind the title
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Topicsfriendshipsuicidebased on novel or bookpigboarding schoolangeldifficult childhooddark comedy
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