The Butcher Boy
#This little piggy laughed all the way home!
Watch ‘The Butcher Boy’ Online. 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.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Country: Ireland
- Director: Neil Jordan
- Cast: Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Peter Gowen, Sean McGinley, Aisling O'Sullivan, John Kavanagh, Andrew Fullerton, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves, Sinéad O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, Milo O’Shea, Niall Buggy, Ardal O'Hanlon, Tom Hickey, Gina Moxley, Joe Pilkington, Anne O'Neill,