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Comedy / Drama · Geffen Pictures
The Butcher Boy
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Neil Jordan
- Written by
- Neil Jordan
- Music
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures
- Released
- 20 February 1998
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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