This little piggy laughed all the way home!
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
- 6.8
- 1998
- Released
- 1h 50m
Eamonn Owens
Francie Brady
Alan Boyle
Joe Purcell
Fiona Shaw
Mrs. Nugent
Stephen Rea
Da Brady
Ian Hart
Uncle Arlo
Peter Gowen
Leddy
Sean McGinley
Sergeant
Aisling O'Sullivan
Ma Brady
John Kavanagh
Dr. BoydAndrew Fullerton
Phillip NugentRosaleen Linehan
Mrs. CanningAnita Reeves
Mrs. Coyle
Sinéad O'Connor
Our Lady/Colleen
Brendan Gleeson
Father Bubbles
Milo O’Shea
Father Sullivan
Niall Buggy
Father Dom
Ardal O'Hanlon
Mr Purcell
Tom Hickey
Gardener
Gina Moxley
MaryJoe Pilkington
Charlie McGloneAnne O'Neill
Mrs McGlone
John Olohan
Mr NugentMikel Murfi
Buttsy
Brendan Conroy
Devlin
Jer O'Leary
Dublin ManPat Leavy
Dublin Cafe Woman
Janet Moran
Dublin ShopkeeperParaic Breathnach
Man on Tractor
Gregg Fitzgerald
Bogman #1John Finegan
Bogman #2Gavin Kelty
Bogman #3Eoin Chaney
Bogman #4
Tony Rohr
Bogman in Mental HospitalDermot Healy
Bogman in Hospital
Sean Hughes
Psychiatrist #1
Gerard McSorley
Psychiatrist #2
Birdy Sweeney
Man in WellRonan Wilmot
Policeman
Marie Mullen
Mrs Thompson
Macdara Ó Fátharta
Alien Priest
Stuart Graham
Priest at College
Vinnie McCabe
DetectiveÁine McEneaney
Girl in Shooting GallerySiobhan McElvaney
Girl in Shooting GalleryPaolo Tullio
Mr Caffolla
Ciarán Owens
Boy in FountainShane O'Connor
Boy in Fountain
Released
en
$5,000,000.00
- #friendship
- #suicide
- #based on novel or book
- #pig
- #boarding school
- #angel
- #difficult childhood
- #dark comedy
- #insane asylum
- #alcoholism
- #murder
Reviews
A darkly comic and disturbing look at childhood gone wrong in 1960s Ireland. Between Francie Brady’s wild imagination, religious satire, and Sinead O’Connor as a vision of the Virgin Mary, it’s one of the most unique coming-of-age films I’ve ever seen. Funny, tragic, and haunting all at once! The film is a strange one, centering on a sweet and lovely kid who becomes a victim of ostracism.