The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic lets Jenny inside and realizes the calendar has turned to April.

Scene 26 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Padraic

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Begins 14 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 26

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 23
Padraic and Dominic steal Peadar’s poteen while Peadar sleeps naked.
Scene 24
Padraic and Dominic drink at the ruins; Dominic says Colm looked relieved.
Scene 25
Padraic lies awake while Siobhan sleeps.
Scene 26
This scene

26INT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DAWN

In the living room, PADRAIC quietly lets his dwarf donkey in, kissing her quietly, & she sits on her little blanket in the corner, as PADRAIC watches the sunrise from a window.

PADRAIC

Everything was fine yesterday.

PADRAIC notices the calendar on the wall beside the window. It’s on MARCH, and all the days are crossed off, so he turns the page to APRIL, and is just about to cross off yesterday’s date THE 1ST, when he realises something. Happily.