The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic spots Colm on the beach and hesitates before approaching.

Scene 76 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 49 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 76

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.
Scene 69
Padraic argues that ordinary kindness and remembered family matter as much as lasting art, directly contesting Colm’s values.
Just before
Scene 73
Siobhan collects a letter from the shopkeeper, who has steamed it open.
Scene 74
Padraic visits his parents’ grave and remembers them as nice.
Scene 75
Peadar gestures a threat from the departing boat.
Scene 76
This scene

76EXT. GRAVEYARD - MORNING 75 *

PADRAIC only now remembers that bit about the night before and puts his head in his hands, as a dog’s bark draws his attention to the beach below & the dark figure of a man and his dog playfully scampering around him, the man not paying it much attention as he stares out to sea. It’s COLM.

PADRAIC has a long think about whether to go down and join him, or to leave him well enough alone.