The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Colm struggles to compose, then stops after frightening his dog with harsh playing.

Scene 32 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 16 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 32

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 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
Padraic complains about loneliness as he passes Jenny.
Scene 32
This scene

32INT. COLM’S HOUSE - DAY

COLM, a look of depression on him, tries to play a tune on the fiddle, but can’t come up with anything.

Pissed off, he starts making a screeching thunderous din a while, frightening his dog, till he stops just as suddenly, lowers the fiddle, and sits there staring, his dog just looking at him, confused.