The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic sits with his animals and writes that Jenny asks him not to leave.

Scene 159 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Padraic

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:30 into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 159

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 156
At dusk, the cows look through Padraic’s window.
Scene 157
Padraic paints a small wooden marker while the dog wants to return home.
Scene 158
Padraic hangs Jenny’s name on her cross as he refuses Siobhan’s offer.
Scene 159
This scene

159INT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DUSK

PADRAIC sits staring into space, lit by a single candle, the life gone from him, his animals still milling around, the depressed dog still sitting at the door.

PADRAIC (V.O.)

Even now, as I write, little donkey

Jenny is looking at me, saying please

don’t go, Padraic, we’d miss ya, and

nuzzling me, the gilly gooly. Get off,

Jenny!