The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic watches mainland cannon fire and wishes the fighters luck.

Scene 20 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Padraic

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Begins 10 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 20

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.
Scene 15
Colm tells Padraic plainly that he no longer likes him, turning unexplained distance into an active rupture.
Just before
Scene 17
Padraic sits listlessly while Siobhan puts groceries away.
Scene 18
Moonlit exterior shows Padraic’s animals and lamplit home.
Scene 19
Mrs McCormick needles Padraic about the end of his friendship with Colm.
Scene 20
This scene

20EXT. HIGH LANEWAYS - NIGHT (DUSK?) 20 *

PADRAIC looks at the FAR-OFF CANNON-FIRE ON THE MAINLAND; FLASHES, GUN RETORTS, SMOKE RISING.

PADRAIC

(Good luck to ye all. Whatever it is

ye’re fighting about.)