The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Peadar threatens Padraic through Siobhan, who meets him with contempt.

Scene 101 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Peadar
Siobhan

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:01 into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 101

In 1923 on Inisherin, Padraic tries to restore his friendship with Colm after Colm suddenly cuts him off, but Colm’s escalating demand for solitude draws their neighbors into a costly feud.

Scenes 1–14
Padraic inhabits an easy routine of animals, home, pub, and daily companionship with Colm.
Scenes 15–40
Colm’s rejection exposes Padraic’s dependence on the friendship and raises the possibility that his easy manner is part of the problem.
Scenes 41–50
Padraic asks the priest to put in a word; Colm then gives Padraic a concrete threat against further contact.
Scenes 51–79
Padraic navigates gossip, violence, loneliness, and attempted apologies while trying to understand Colm’s terms.
Scenes 80–91
Colm’s first missing finger makes his demand for silence undeniable; Siobhan returns the finger and asks what would end the feud.
Just before
Scene 98
Padraic remains despondent while Siobhan closes herself in her room.
Scene 99
Padraic lies to Declan about his father’s accident to send him away.
Scene 100
Peadar’s returning boat approaches through the mist; he notices something at the jetty.
Scene 101
This scene

101EXT. JETTY - CONTINUOUS

SIOBHAN talking to a BOATMAN, discussing a payment/timetable or somesuch. Finished, she heads off along the misty jetty, irritated to see PEADAR hop off the ferry and tag along behind her.

PEADAR

What were you talking to the boat fella fer?

SIOBHAN

Oh, for none of your (fecking) *

business, I think it was.

PEADAR

Of course it’s me business. Aren’t I

the law?

She snorts loudly through her nose, mumbling something under * her breath. *

PEADAR (CONT'D)

Hah? Well you can tell that whiny *

brother of yours I’ll be around soon

for that battering I owe him.

SIOBHAN

(A battering?) That’d be good, actually. *

It might take him out of himself.

Confused by all this, PEADAR stops & watches her continue on.

PEADAR

You’re an awful strange lady. No wonder

no-one likes ya!