The Butcher Boy

teens

dysfunctional family, coming of age, dark humor, poverty, mental illness, working class, alcoholism, troubled youth, bohemian, psychological, family trauma, dark comedy, 1960s, social alienation, irish, 1960s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, black comedy, boarding school, boy, bullying, child abuse, childhood, children, child's point of view, coming of age, controversial, cult classic, dark comedy, depressing, depression, disturbing, dysfunctional family, europe, family problems, fantasy world, friendship, human nature, ireland, life is a bitch, macabre, mental illness, mentally unstable, murder, nuclear threat, parents and children, pig killer, psychological, serious, suicide, surreal, suspenseful, transformation, year 1997, youth

Ireland