The Butcher Boy (1997, Director: Neil Jordan)

"The film tells the story of Francie who lives with his depressed mother and alcoholic father. He loves his family a lot and promises her mother to not ever let her die when one day she attempts to commit suicide. He loves it so much that one day he murders his vicious neighbor Mrs. Nugent who distributed nasty rumors about his parents. He is then put into a mental institution where he meets an angel called Our Lady." ...IMDB

 

Cast Eamonn Owens ... Francie Brady Sean McGinley ... Sergeant Peter Gowen ... Leddy Alan Boyle ... Joe Purcell Andrew Fullerton ... Phillip Nugent Fiona Shaw ... Mrs. Nugent Aisling O'Sullivan ... Ma Brady Stephen Rea ... Da Brady