The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic complains about loneliness as he passes Jenny.

Scene 31 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Padraic

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Begins 16 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 31

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 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
Siobhan asks whether Padraic ever gets lonely; he cannot grasp the question.
Scene 31
This scene

31EXT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DAY 31 *

PADRAIC walks off past JENNY, who looks at him longingly. *

PADRAIC

‘Lonely’. Fecking Hell, like.