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The Butcher Boy

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IMDB ID: tt0118804

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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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Eamonn Owens

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Alan Boyle

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Fiona Shaw

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Stephen Rea

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Ian Hart

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Peter Gowen

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Sean McGinley

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Aisling O'Sullivan

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John Kavanagh

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Andrew Fullerton

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Neil Jordan

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Neil Jordan

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Pat McCabe

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