The Butcher Boy (1997)

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(11457)

Country: Ireland, USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1998-02-20
Director: Neil Jordan
Writers: Pat McCabe , Neil Jordan
Language: English
Stars: Stephen Rea , Fiona Shaw , Eamonn Owens , Alan Boyle , Sean McGinley , Peter Gowen , Andrew Fullerton , Aisling O’Sullivan , John Kavanagh , Rosaleen Linehan
Runtime: 110 min
Awards: 10 wins & 11 nominations
AKA: 屠夫男孩 (Taiwan) , The Butcher Boy , Contracorriente (The Butcher Boy) (Spain) , Il garzone del macellaio (Italy) , Le garçon boucher (Canada) , Mali kasapin (Serbia) , O mikros hasapis (Greece) , ブッチャー・ボーイ (Japan) , The Butcher Boy (United Kingdom) , Butcher Boy (France, French Republic) , El niño carnicero (Mexico) , Mėsinės berniukas (Lithuania) , Мальчик-мясник (Russian Federation) , Der Schlächterbursche (Germany) , Nó na Garganta (Brazil) , Ο μικρός χασάπης (Greece) , The Butcher Boy (Sweden) , Chłopak rzeźnika (Poland) , The Butcher Boy (United States of America) , La inocencia perdida (Argentina) , The Butcher Boy (Ireland) , O Rapaz do Talho (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , A kis véreskezű (Hungary) , The Butcher Boy (Australia) , Pikku teurastaja (Finland)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0118804