The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic and Siobhan lie awake as the clock ticks and war sounds carry across the water.

Scene 41 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Act oneAct two

Begins 24 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 41

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.
Scenes 15–40
Colm’s rejection exposes Padraic’s dependence on the friendship and raises the possibility that his easy manner is part of the problem.
Just before
Scene 38
Siobhan confronts Colm about ending the friendship; he wants peace.
Scene 39
Siobhan returns home unable to hide that the conversation troubled her.
Scene 40
Padraic asks whether he is dull; Siobhan says he is nice and not dim.
Scene 41
This scene

41INT. PADRAIC’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

In their twin beds lit by moonlight, neither of them can sleep, and their clock’s deep ticking doesn’t help. And is that the sound of distant cannon-fire or thunder?