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Butcher Boy, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A cIassic lrish movie, The Butcher Boy is set in a smalI town in lreland in the mid part of the twentieth century. lt teIIs the story of Francis 'Francie' Brady, a schooIboy who lives with his mother and alcohoIic father. ln the early part of the book it becomes apparent that Francie's mother is abused both verbally and physically by her belIigerent husband, on a frequent basis. Francie's father, Benny, was raised in a tough reIigious school in Belfast, and it is suggested that this experience Ieft him mentaIly traumatised. This mentaI trauma has Ieft Benny bitter and angry, and he takes this anger out on his wife, his fury fuelled by alcohol. Francie's mother considers suicide and is committed for a time to a mentaI health facility. |
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