The Butcher Boy
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
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- Drama
- Comedy
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- friendship
- boarding school
- murder
- dark comedy
- alcoholism
- suicide
- insane asylum
- pig
- angel
- difficult childhood
- ireland
- irish
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 20, 1998
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- irish, english
- Countries
- Ireland
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures,Geffen Pictures,Butcher Boy Film Productions,Geffen Pictures, Butcher Boy Film Productions
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $5,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0118804