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The Banshees of Inisherin scene 18: EXT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DUSK · The Reading Room

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The Banshees of Inisherin
Scene 18

The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Moonlit exterior shows Padraic’s animals and lamplit home.

Scene 18 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Act oneAct two

Begins 8 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 18

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.
Just before
Scene 15
Padraic asks what he did; Colm says he no longer likes him.
Scene 16
Dominic walks with the heartbroken Padraic and asks what is wrong.
Scene 17
Padraic sits listlessly while Siobhan puts groceries away.
Scene 18
This scene

18EXT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DUSK

A moonlit night; washing in the breeze, animals sleeping, * lamp and candle-light in the house. *

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