The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic lies alone holding Jenny’s ribbon and bell and asks Siobhan to come home.

Scene 166 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Padraic

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:31 into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 166

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 163
Colm’s house burns through the sunset.
Scene 164
The clock, fiddle, gramophone, shears, and telescope burn inside.
Scene 165
Colm’s house collapses as Padraic says there is no other news.
Scene 166
This scene

166INT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - NIGHT

BEDROOM. PADRAIC, face down on in his lonely bed, JENNY’S * ribbon and bell in his hand, a single candle lighting the * room, looks over at SIOBHAN’s empty bed, as the calf, the pony & even the dog look in on him thru the doorway.

PADRAIC (V.O.)

Except that I love you, Siobhan, and I

miss you, and I hope I’ll see you again

some day, if ever you come back home.

PADRAIC

(in the room, quietly)

Come back home, Siobhan. *

PADRAIC (V.O.)

Yours sincerely, your loving brother,

Padraic Suilleabhain.

He holds his hand over the burning candle a while... then * snuffs out the flame with his fingers. *

FADE TO BLACK.