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Storyline

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

Released

2024-11-01
Revenue

$9,859,817
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 39m
Genre

Drama
Status

Released
Language

English
7
Production

Artists Equity, Big Things Films, Wilder Content, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Crew

Tim Mielants

Director

Enda Walsh

Writer

Jeff Robinov

Producer

Keywords:

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Cast

Cillian Murphy

Bill Furlong

Emily Watson

Sister Mary

Michelle Fairley

Mrs. Wilson

Eileen Walsh

Eileen Furlong

Zara Devlin

Sarah Redmond

Clare Dunne

Sister Carmel

Helen Behan

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Pat

Peter Claffey

Barry

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Pj

Sarah Morris

Sarah's Mother

Cillian O'Gairbhi

Sarah's Father

Tadhg Moloney

Diarmuid Sinnott

Liadán Dunlea

Kathleen Furlong

Giulia Doherty

Joan Furlong

Rachel Lynch

Sheila Furlong

Aoife Gaffney

Grace Furlong

Faye Brazil

Loretta Furlong

Agnes O'Casey

Sarah Furlong

Louis Kirwan

Young Bill Furlong

Mark McKenna

Younger Ned

Clare Dunne

Sr. Carmel

Joanne Crawford

Norma Sinnott

Aidan O'Hare

Mick Sinnott

Ryan Waters

Young Boy Drinking Milk

Maire Ni Ghrainne

Sr. Anne

Patricia Twomey

Sr. Frances

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Niamh

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Tom Leavey

Pub Goer (uncredited)

John McCarthy

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Reviews for Small Things Like These

A Review by r96sk 8

Written by r96sk on 2024-11-01

<em>'Small Things Like These'</em> is absorbing. I basically got exactly what I expected from this one. It's a slow burn, quiet film feat... read more

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-11-03

A friend of mine used to own a big gay bar in Dublin, and I recall being in it the day that marriage was legalised in Eire. One of the women... read more

A friend of mine used to own a big gay bar in Dublin, and I recall being in it the day that marriage was legalised in Eire. One of the women celebrating was telling us of her childhood at the hands of the nuns in the 1970s. It was a ghastly story of women who hadn't an ounce of compassion between them all, and this film picks up that cudgel and swings it squarely at what it is little better than a religious equivalent of a Dickensian workhouse. The story is told from the perspective of local coal merchant "Bill" (Cillian Murphy) who lives with his wife and five daughters in a small town in Co. Wexford. Nobody has much money and some are reduced to gathering wood from the forest floor to heat their homes. By comparison, his family are quite well off and with Christmas looming all are anticipating a good family time. He supplies the local convent-cum-orphanage where the unwed girls of the community are deposited when they get in the family way, and it's here that he encounters a young lass locked in the coal shed. Freezing and terrified, he wonders how she got herself trapped in there - and that's where the story starts to focus on not just the inhumanity that prevailed, but on the internecine, web-like, tendrils of a church that brooked no resistance or interference. If you want a "peaceable life" then you'd best leave well alone. Can he, though? He is frequently reminded of his own childhood. One of tragedy, kindness, an hot water bottle and a jigsaw puzzle. "Bill" is a troubled man who has much to mull over as his conscience refuses to accept the societal compromises even his wife (Eileen Walsh) might prefer he adopt in the face of what he has now witnessed. This is definitely a less-is-more film, with an effective paucity of dialogue and a sense of oppressiveness that frequently overwhelms with it's simplicity. The setting demonstrates a degree of menace way more poignantly than any horror film, but horror this is - and an illustration of cruelty in it's most devastatingly subtle form. Murphy shines here, his performance allows his character to take us with him as we all observe a scenario unfold that might not have been out of place in 1885 - but in 1985? Not an easy watch, but well worth ninety minutes of your time.

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A Review by r96sk

<em>'Small Things Like These'</em> is absorbing. I basically got exactly what I expected from this one. It's a slow burn, quiet film featuring a stellar, if somewhat understated, Cillian Murphy performance. The pacing is spot on and the ...