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    The Butcher Boy

    R1998 · Drama · 1h 46m

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  1. Mar 18, 2011 · The Butcher Boy ( 1997 ) Trailer. Review available at https://theskykid.com/the-butcher-boy...

    • 3 min
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  2. 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 # ...

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    • 90s TV from VHS
  3. 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 ...

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    • iamnotatv
  4. 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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    • Neil Jordan
    • R
    • Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens
  5. Set in the early 1960s, The Butcher Boy is about Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens), a 12-year-old boy who retreats into a violent fantasy world to escape the reality of his dysfunctional family; as his circumstances worsen, his sanity deteriorates and he begins acting out, with increasing brutality.

  6. 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.

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  8. 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. When Francie's world turns to madness, he ...

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