The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic wakes hungover and notices Siobhan is gone.

Scene 72 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 47 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 72

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 69
Padraic calls Colm unkind and argues that niceness and family are worth remembering.
Scene 70
Rain falls over the island and Padraic’s house.
Scene 71
Rain falls around Padraic’s house as his animals sleep in the barn and a cock crows; Padraic wakes inside.
Scene 72
This scene

72INT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - DAWN

Awaking to a dreadful hangover, & SIOBHAN not there, PADRAIC goes to the kitchen, almost vomiting. He wets a towel, wraps it round his head. Looks at the calendar - the days have been ticked off to April 5th, which is marked “Mam & Dad’s”. The * water drips down his sickly face.