The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic paints a small wooden marker while the dog wants to return home.

Scene 157 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Padraic

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:29 into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 157

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.
Scenes 92–128
The cost accumulates through more self-mutilation, Padraic’s cruelty, Siobhan’s departure, and the feud’s growing consequences.
Scenes 129–153
After Jenny’s death Padraic abandons his former gentleness and carries the feud back to Colm’s house.
Just before
Scene 154
Colm raises his cigarette inside the burning house; Padraic looks in and nods.
Scene 155
Padraic rides off as Colm’s house burns and begins his reply to Siobhan.
Scene 156
At dusk, the cows look through Padraic’s window.
Scene 157
This scene

157INT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DUSK

In the pretty light of sunset, PADRAIC finger-paints something on a small piece of wood with black shoe polish which we can’t quite see yet, as around him nose his pony, his calf, and COLM’s dog.

The dog scratches at the door, to get back to his own home, but PADRAIC clicks his fingers & it sits back down, sadly.

PADRAIC (V.O.)

Obviously I don’t know what ‘ensconced’

is, but I thank you for the offer of

the free bed and the whatnot.

(pause)

But I won’t be taking you up on it, I’m

afraid.