Small Things Like These

This film of Claire Keegan’s small masterpiece beautifully captures the oppression of a small Irish town in thrall to the convent where children are educated and young women work in brutal conditions. Cillian Murphy plays Bill, coal merchant and father of 4 girls, who has to decide whether to follow his conscience or put his own interests first.

This film is sponsored by Jenny Mackewn.

SYNOPSIS:
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.

Run time: 1h 36 mins
Director: Tim Mielants
Writer: Claire Keegan, Enda Walsh
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Ciarán Hinds, Michelle Fairley

Country: Ireland, Belgium, United States
Genre: Drama, History
Language: English