Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
- Nominated for 9 Oscars
- 146 wins & 362 nominations total
Lasaírfhiona Ní Chonaola
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Colin Farrell Reunites With Brendan Gleeson
Colin Farrell Reunites With Brendan Gleeson
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson talk about reuniting with writer/director Martin McDonagh 14 years after making dark comedy cult classic In Bruges for McDonagh's new film, The Banshees of Inisherin.
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- TriviaAll of the main characters' sweaters were made by the same elderly woman, Delia Barry. She knitted them by hand specifically for the film, including doubles for each sweater. She was not present on set, and did not meet the actors prior to creating the pieces for them. Barry stated one of Colin Farrell's sweaters took 100 hours to complete.
- GoofsIn the first scene in Colm's cottage, an old phonograph with a horn is seen, and heard playing a record. The record is spinning at 33 1/3 RPM, instead of 78 RPM, which was the ONLY speed used to play records in the early 1920's. The slower speed was not used until LP records were introduced in the late 1940s.
- Quotes
Priest: Do you think God gives a damn about miniature donkeys, Colm?
Colm Doherty: I fear he doesn't. And I fear that's where it's all gone wrong.
- ConnectionsFeatured in CBC News: Toronto: Episode dated 16 September 2022 (2022)
- SoundtracksThe Banshees of Inisherin
Written and Performed by Brendan Gleeson
Performances also include Conor Connolly, James Carty, and Ryan Owens
Featured review
Epic battle between kindness and silence
Are those who live on islands human beings like everyone else? This film clearly tells us no: the island, an enclosed place where everything is concentrated and which the surrounding sea keeps compressed, deeply affects its inhabitants and permeates them with itself, sickens them with its own disease. The latest film by Englishman Martin McDonagh (in his 4th feature film, with 3 films behind him, all of which are top-notch) is absolutely superb: for storytelling ability, for location (evocative, rocky Irish island), for the brilliance of the screenplay (let's face it: McDonagh writes really well!), for acting (impressive Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, also excellent Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon). The story is told of Padraic (Farrell), good and kind, who, overnight, loses the consideration of his greatest friend, Colm (Gleeson). Why? Because I don't like you anymore, because you're boring, Colm replies to him, and I don't want to waste my time with you anymore. And Padraic, who is not as sharp and intelligent as he would like to be but is esteemed for his courtesy and good spirits, does not understand this. Colm, who plays the violin and composes music, is obsessed with the passing of time, with the need to indulge his art in order not to be forgotten. His art demands total exclusivity from him, leaving no room for the banality of feelings. But is this the real reason, or is Colm going mad? At this point, what follows is a jeu de massacre between the two ex-friends, surrounded by various minor characters that McDonagh knows how to connote with felicitous psychological notations and a keen sense of humor. And then there are the animals, almost sacred emanations of the island, loved and respected, more than human in their affective reactions. And there is the war, distant but present, of which ominous explosions are heard in the distance. And finally there is the old witch, a representation of Death that rivals even the Bengt Ekerot of "The Seventh Seal." In short, a beautiful and poignant film like few we see. Not to be missed!
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- Los espíritus de la isla
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- Gross US & Canada
- $10,582,266
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $184,454
- Oct 23, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $49,262,687
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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