The Butcher Boy
Comedy
Drama
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
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.
1998-02-20
en
Cast
Director
Neil Jordan
Eamonn Owens as Francie Brady
Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Nugent
Stephen Rea as Da Brady
Ian Hart as Uncle Arlo
Peter Gowen as Leddy
Sean McGinley as Sergeant
Aisling O'Sullivan as Ma Brady
John Kavanagh as Dr. Boyd
Rosaleen Linehan as Mrs. Canning
Sinéad O'Connor as Our Lady/Colleen
Brendan Gleeson as Father Bubbles
Milo O'Shea as Father Sullivan
Niall Buggy as Father Dom
Ardal O'Hanlon as Mr Purcell
Tom Hickey as Gardener
Gina Moxley as Mary
John Olohan as Mr Nugent
Brendan Conroy as Devlin
Jer O'Leary as Dublin Man
Janet Moran as Dublin Shopkeeper
Gregg Fitzgerald as Bogman #1
Tony Rohr as Bogman in Mental Hospital
Sean Hughes as Psychiatrist #1
Gerard McSorley as Psychiatrist #2
Birdy Sweeney as Man in Well
Pat McCabe as Jimmy the Skite
Marie Mullen as Mrs Thompson
Macdara Ó Fátharta as Alien Priest
Stuart Graham as Priest at College
Vinnie McCabe as Detective
Ciarán Owens as Boy in Fountain