The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic’s cart reveals the island’s small town.

Scene 56 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 34 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 56

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.
Scenes 41–50
Padraic asks the priest to put in a word; Colm then gives Padraic a concrete threat against further contact.
Just before
Scene 53
Padraic, Siobhan, and Dominic eat dinner during a storm.
Scene 54
Dominic needles the depressed Padraic and then offers him a rare kindness.
Scene 55
Padraic loads milk churns onto his cart and rides out at dawn.
Scene 56
This scene

56EXT. LANEWAY OUTSIDE TOWN - DAWN

We follow PADRAIC riding along, milk churns in back, the sun rising, then rise up to reveal the island’s small thatched ‘town’ for the first time, 3 or 4 colourful buildings/shops.