The Butcher Boy

Ireland, 1962. In a remote village, 12-year-old Francie Brady escapes his alcoholic father, Benny and mentally unstable mother, Annie, by retreating into a haze of daydreams, relying on his "blood brother" Joe as his sole link to the outside world. But when tragedy strikes, Francie slips deeper into surreal inhuman misery. Now, with nothing left but rage towards the people who forced him into a private netherworld of dementia, will Francie act on his deep-seated desire for revenge?