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The Butcher Boy is a 1997 Irish black comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. The film was based on Patrick McCabe’s 1992 novel of the same name and McCabe co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan.
The Butcher Boy: Directed by Neil Jordan. With Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle. The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. Set in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960s, it tells the story of Francis "Francie" Brady, a schoolboy who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses.
Jun 22, 2012 · When his abusive father (Stephen Rea) dies, and his suicidal mother is institutionalized, Francie acts out in homicidal fashion. Disturbing and surreal, director Neil Jordan's adaptation of ...
Apr 17, 1998 · The film takes place in the early 1960s, in a small town in the west of Ireland. It is narrated by Francie, who is played by the newcomer Eamonn Owens in one of the cockiest and most confident performances I've seen by a young actor. Francie's homelife is not happy.
Aug 2, 2023 · The Irish black comedy film directed by Neil Jordan, was based on Patrick McCabe’s 1992 novel of the same name, featured a funny and snarky cameo from Sinead O'Connor. #thebutcherboy # ...
Francie (Eamonn Owens) has a disastrous childhood and retreats into television and movies to escape the pain. His mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) is suicidal, and his alcoholic father (Stephen Rea ...
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