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.
Eamonn Owens
Alan Boyle
Fiona Shaw
Stephen Rea
Ian Hart
Peter Gowen
Sean McGinley
Aisling O'Sullivan
John Kavanagh
Andrew Fullerton
Rosaleen Linehan
Anita Reeves
Sinéad O'Connor
Brendan Gleeson
Milo O’Shea
Niall Buggy
Ardal O'Hanlon
Tom Hickey
Gina Moxley
Joe Pilkington
Anne O'Neill
John Olohan
Mikel Murfi
Brendan Conroy
Jer O'Leary
Pat Leavy
Janet Moran
Paraic Breathnach
Gregg Fitzgerald
John Finegan
Gavin Kelty
Eoin Chaney
Tony Rohr
Dermot Healy
Sean Hughes
Gerard McSorley
Birdy Sweeney
Ronan Wilmot
Pat McCabe
Marie Mullen
Macdara Ó Fátharta
Stuart Graham
Vinnie McCabe
Áine McEneaney
Siobhan McElvaney
Paolo Tullio
Ciarán Owens
Shane O'Connor