The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Siobhan asks whether Padraic ever gets lonely; he cannot grasp the question.

Scene 30 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Siobhan
Padraic

Act oneAct two

Begins 16 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 30

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 27
Padraic spots Colm composing and turns his cows toward him.
Scene 28
Padraic awkwardly asks Colm to meet him at the pub; Colm covers his eyes.
Scene 29
Padraic celebrates the new grass and April day with his cows.
Scene 30
This scene

30INT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DAY

PADRAIC finishes shaving in a MIRROR ON THE WALL with a single crack in it, as SIOBHAN reads.

SIOBHAN

You seem more cheery.

PADRAIC

No, just normal cheery! Why don’t you

come down for a sherry later? No need

to be stuck inside on a nice day!

SIOBHAN

(bemused)

I will so.

PADRAIC wipes himself off, puts on a clean shirt.

PADRAIC

How’s the book?

SIOBHAN

Sad.

PADRAIC

Sad? You should read a not sad one,

Siobhan, else you might get sad.

SIOBHAN

Mm.

(pause)

Do you never get lonely, Padraic?

PADRAIC

Never get wha?

SIOBHAN

Lonely.

PADRAIC

No. “Do I never get lonely?” What’s the

matter with everybody? Jesus.

He exits hurriedly, leaving her a little more sad in the cracked mirror.