It is 1985 in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in county Wexford, Ireland. Bill Furlong toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the Catholic Church. Based on the novel of the same name by Claire Keegan.
Winner of the best supporting performance prize for Emily Watson at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Small Things like These
2024
12 years
96 min.
Fiction
Ireland, Belgium, USA
Ireland, Belgium, USA, religion, literary adaptation, international film festivals, awarded films
Colorido
Tim Mielants
Enda Walsh
Frank Van den Eeden
Alain Dessauvage
Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Emily Watson, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan
Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Catherine Magee, Matt Damon, Drew Vinton
Big Things Films
Senjan Janson
Film Nation
O2
48