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- R1998 · Drama · 1h 46m
110 minutes. Country. Ireland. Language. English. Box office. $5 million. 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.
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Summaries. The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland. 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.
The Butcher Boy R 1997 1h 46m Drama List 77% Tomatometer 62 Reviews 82% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Francie (Eamonn Owens) has a disastrous childhood and retreats into television and...
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Aug 9, 2018 · Film director Neil Jordan in Galway for the World premiere of The Butcher Boy, 1997. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy. Michael Dwyer. Thu Aug 9 2018 - 14:35. Academy Award-winning Irish...
Sep 10, 2012 · Time Out says. Set in an Irish town in the early '60s, Jordan's film of Patrick McCabe 's novel centres on troubled teen Francie Brady (Owens), a lippy lad who withdraws from family strife - dad...