The Butcher Boy 1998

Director:

Neil Jordan

Writers:

Neil Jordan and Pat McCabe, based on the book by Patrick McCabe

Cast:

Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Brendan Gleeson

The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.

Overview

Set in the early 1960s, The Butcher Boy is about Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens), a 12-year-old boy who retreats into a violent fantasy world to escape the reality of his dysfunctional family; as his circumstances worsen, his sanity deteriorates and he begins acting out, with increasing brutality.