The Butcher Boy

IMDb link: 0118804
IMDb rating: 7.1 (12,009 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Sean McGinley, Eamonn Owens, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle and others

Release date: 20 Feb 1998
Release year: 1997
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: Ireland
Keywords: altar boy, sexual abuse, pedophile priest, mental institution, 12 year old boy, boy, vision, childhood, fantasy world, pig slaughter

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 is immense. Unfortunately, one tragedy after another, Francie's world sinks deeper and deeper into paranoia (directed mainly against Mrs. Nugent, a nasty neighbor) and fantasy (where he has visions of the Virgin Mary).

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