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Dominican Rep. The Butcher Boy
- Original title
- The Butcher Boy
- Year
- 1997
- Running time
- 110 min.
- Country
Ireland- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Eamonn Owens
Stephen Rea
Fiona Shaw
Brendan Gleeson- Alan Boyle
- Peter Gowen
Ian Hart
Stuart Graham- Aisling O'Sullivan
Sean McGinley
Milo O'Shea
Sinead O'Connor- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Childhood. Disability
- Synopsis
- Francie (Eamonn Owens) and Joe (Alan Boyle) live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father (Stephen Rea) and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When his mother eventually commits suicide and Joe goes off to boarding school, Francie sinks ever deeper into paranoia directed mainly against Mrs. Nugent (Fiona Shaw), a nasty neighbour, and fantasy where he has visions of the Virgin Mary (Sinead O'Connor) After his father dies Fancie's condition worsens, his behaviour becomes more bizarre and erratic culminating in the extremely bloody murder of Mrs. Nugent whom he holds responsible for all the wrongs visited upon him.
- Awards
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1998: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Best Director, Honourable Mention (Owens)1998: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Film & Cinematography1998: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best OST. 2 Nominations1998: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 4 Nominations, including Best Picture1998: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Best Supporting Actor (Rea)1998: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"[A] bland 1998 shocker that fails miserably as satire, character study, and anything else it might have aspired to."
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"The Butcher Boy is a trip, all right, but one that I'm sorry I took."
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