The Butcher Boy (1998)
Directed by Neil Jordan
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.
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What critics compared The Butcher Boy to
Branagh is competing here with some heavy hitters even in relatively recent years — say, Neil Jordan’s The Butcher Boy (1997) or Alan Parker’s Angela’s Ashes (1999).
In other respects, it has something of the sense of Roman Polanski's The Tenant (which may be the movie it most resembles), though there are also hints of Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy.