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