1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis casts a shadow over the world. ‘It’ll be a bitter day for this town if the world comes to an end.’ A woman in Francie Brady’s Irish hometown laments. But if planet Earth explodes into a hundred –million,billion,trillion pieces, Francie wont be surprised one single bit. It’s just like grownups to do something like that

 

Funny, chilling and full of visual flair, The Butcher Boy, the story of how Francie copes with cruel fate and a dysfunctional homelife, ‘is Neil Jordan’s bet movie yet’ (Entertainment Weekly). The Academy Award winning director of The Crying Game and Interview with the Vampire casts Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw and Sinead O’Connor as adults inhabiting Francie’s real or imagined worlds. And newcomer Eamonn Owens, chosen from 2,000 hopefuls to play the charmingly lethal Francie, gives ‘a spectacular, amazing performance that will take your breath away’ (Rex Reed).