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The Banshees of Inisherin scene 4: INT. COLM’S HOUSE - DAY · The Reading Room

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The Banshees of Inisherin
Scene 4

The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic calls to Colm, who smokes silently inside.

Scene 4 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Padraic

Act oneAct two

Begins 1 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 4

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.

Just before
Scene 1
Padraic walks Inisherin’s lanes past the graveyard, ruins, lake, and dock, then looks down from a hill toward Colm’s cottage.
Scene 2
Padraic approaches Colm’s smoking cottage above the beach.
Scene 3
Padraic knocks; Colm’s dog greets him, but the door stays unanswered.
Scene 4
This scene

4INT. COLM’S HOUSE - DAY

Inside, a big man, COLM DOHERTY, late 50’s, is sitting in an armchair, back to us, smoking.

PADRAIC

Colm? Are you coming out to the pub, Colm?

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