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The Butcher Boy is a black comedy film based on Patrick McCabe's novel about a 12-year-old boy's descent into madness in 1960s Ireland. The film stars Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw and Sinéad O'Connor, and was directed by Neil Jordan.
The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe, set in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960s. It tells the story of Francie Brady, a schoolboy who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses.
- Patrick McCabe
- 1992
The Butcher Boy: Directed by Neil Jordan. With Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle. The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
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- Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens
The Irish black comedy film directed by Neil Jordan, was based on Patrick McCabe’s 1992 novel of the same name, featured a funny and snarky cameo from Sinead...
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Apr 17, 1998 · A film adaptation of Patrick McCabe's novel about a troubled Irish boy in the 1960s. Roger Ebert praises the performance of Eamonn Owens and the director Neil Jordan, but expresses his distance from the film's style and tone.
A film about the antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother in 1960s Ireland. The plot follows his descent into madness and fantasy, and his visions of the Virgin Mary.
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A 1998 Irish film based on a novel by Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy follows the traumatic childhood of Francie Brady, a troubled boy who blames his neighbor for his misery. The film is a mix of comedy and drama, with a surreal style and a remarkable performance by Eamonn Owens as Francie.
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