The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Colm taps at Padraic’s door and walks away with a bandaged hand.

Scene 79 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 52 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 79

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 76
Padraic spots Colm on the beach and hesitates before approaching.
Scene 77
Padraic apologizes for his drunken remarks; Colm begs him to leave him alone.
Scene 78
Padraic and Siobhan resume their strained routine as rain falls.
Scene 79
This scene

79EXT. PADRAIC’S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

No-one outside, confusing PADRAIC, until he sees, a couple of fields away...

POV - COLM climbing a wall, traversing a field, and climbing another wall, heading away from the house, something white on his hand...

And as PADRAIC watches him get further away, still confused, we notice, over PADRAIC’s shoulder in the middle of the green front door, a small blood-spatter, which, as PADRAIC goes to close the door, he notices too, & is startled by...