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.
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- 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
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Topicsfriendshipsuicidebased on novel or bookpigboarding schoolangeldifficult childhooddark comedy