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The Banshees of Inisherin scene 8: EXT. PUB - DAY · The Reading Room

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The Banshees of Inisherin
Scene 8

The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic arrives at the empty pub alone.

Scene 8 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 2 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 8

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.

Scene 1
Padraic’s contented walk through Inisherin’s familiar landscape establishes his small, settled world.
Just before
Scene 5
Colm ignores Padraic’s invitation to the pub and leaves him unsettled.
Scene 6
Padraic tells Siobhan that Colm sat smoking and wonders what went wrong.
Scene 7
Peadar ignores Padraic’s greeting on the lane.
Scene 8
This scene

8EXT. PUB - DAY

PADRAIC comes to the local pub, a lonely building also overlooking the sea, empty table on the grass outside.

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