The Butcher Boy

Feb 20, 1998

1h 50m

★ 6.8

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Geffen Pictures

Butcher Boy Film Productions

The Butcher Boy Trailers

Cast

Francie Brady

Eamonn Owens

Joe Purcell

Alan Boyle

Mrs. Nugent

Fiona Shaw

Da Brady

Stephen Rea

Uncle Arlo

Ian Hart

Leddy

Peter Gowen

Sergeant

Sean McGinley

Ma Brady

Aisling O'Sullivan

Dr. Boyd

John Kavanagh

Phillip Nugent

Andrew Fullerton

Mrs. Canning

Rosaleen Linehan

Mrs. Coyle

Anita Reeves

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”

No Image Available

0.0

Útěk

May 26, 1982

No overview available.

6.5

Pink and Gray

Jan 9, 2016

Popular actor Rengo Shiraki dies suddenly. Due to his sudden death, unpopular actor Daiki Kawata attracts the spotlight due to his close friendship with Rengo. Did Rengo Shiraki commit suicide or was he murdered?

5.8

Made in U.S.A.

Oct 15, 1987

Two men from Pennsylvania give up hope in their small run down coal mining town, and head off in search of the beaches of California. The two steal cars as they travel across the USA and are joined by a wild young woman.

5.1

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

Nov 28, 1931

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

6.0

Náš dědek Josef

Sep 23, 1977

No overview available.

8.0

The Summer Book

Jan 31, 2025

The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.

4.7

Siltalan pehtoori

Nov 6, 1953

The new steward of Siltala ends up falling in love with the beautiful widow of the house. Their romance is endangered by misunderstandings and the fact that the estate of Siltala is swimming in debt. And the new steward isn't quite what he seems to be.

6.6

Vaalvi

Jan 13, 2023

Vaalvi is a dark comedy that explores the profound human nature involving selfishness, apathy and self-preservation.

6.9

Monkey King: Hero Is Back

Jul 10, 2015

The all-powerful Monkey King once roamed freely between Heaven and Earth, but after angering the Gods, he was imprisoned within an ice cage deep within the mountains. 500 years later, monsters attack a small village and a child flees to the mountains. Unknowingly, the child releases the Monkey King from his curse. With the help and encouragement from this special child, Monkey King saves the village from the evil monsters.

6.6

Horn Dog

Apr 4, 2009

A plucky canine fends off an obese dog, attacking oysters, and a wayward killer violin bow, while trying to win the love of his heart's desire.

7.5

The Dead Zone

Nov 5, 2002

A young man awakens from a six-year coma with the ability to see into peoples futures. This is the first two episodes of the television series.

6.1

From Afar

Jan 21, 2016

Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

6.5

Abzurdah

Jun 4, 2015

A disenfranchised 16-year-old girl connects to an older man on the internet and after a brief one-sided affair descends into obsession and anorexia.

4.7

A Family Divided

Jan 22, 1995

College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last party and is missing since, had sex with five of them. Roger does his utmost to prevent the potential statutory rape case ruining his son's future, but confides in his moralistic wife, refuge house worker Karen, who instead of supporting the boys haunts them like Rosalie's mother Inez, with multiple tragic results.

0.0

I Swan

Mar 1, 2012

Holly, traumatized by her mother's accidental death, develops selective mutism. Her father takes her to his workplace at a natural wetland hoping to help her recover. Holly befriends a wounded swan and nurtures it back to health. The swan helps Holly become happy again, and eventually to outgrow the trauma of her mother's death. Unfortunately, a man with evil intentions steals the swan, leading Holly and her father into difficult search for her best friend.

4.4

Essex Boys: Law of Survival

Sep 21, 2015

Essex has been the central hub for many famous criminal activities. For generations Essex Boys have ruled the streets of Essex and East London in their underworld empires. Many people thought this ended in a Range Rover in 1995. They were wrong... Danny - an ex hooligan is driven back into a life of crime after his world is turned upside down on the streets of Essex.

6.4

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Sep 6, 2015

An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.

6.6

Alki Alki

Nov 12, 2015

Tobias and Flasche are childhood friends. However, their alcoholic friendship is doing more harm than good to Tobias, who realizes he should focus on his family and career. Everything changes when Tobias tells this to Flasche.