The Butcher Boy

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

Duration: 110 min

Release date: 1998-02-20

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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.

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as Francie Brady

Aisling O'Sullivan

Aisling O'Sullivan

Andrew Fullerton

Andrew Fullerton

as Phillip Nugent

Rosaleen Linehan

Rosaleen Linehan

as Mrs. Canning

Sinéad O'Connor

Sinéad O'Connor

as Our Lady/Colleen

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

as Father Bubbles

as Father Sullivan

as Charlie McGlone

as Dublin Cafe Woman

as Dublin Shopkeeper

Paraic Breathnach

Paraic Breathnach

as Man on Tractor

Gregg Fitzgerald

Gregg Fitzgerald

as Bogman in Mental Hospital

as Bogman in Hospital

as Psychiatrist #1

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

as Psychiatrist #2

as Jimmy the Skite

as Mrs Thompson

Macdara Ó Fátharta

Macdara Ó Fátharta

as Alien Priest

as Priest at College

Áine McEneaney

as Girl in Shooting Gallery

Siobhan McElvaney

Siobhan McElvaney

as Girl in Shooting Gallery

as Boy in Fountain

as Boy in Fountain

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Executive Producer

Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal

Original Music Composer

Stephen Woolley

Stephen Woolley

Director of Photography

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