The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Padraic quietly watches Colm and Declan at the pub, then leaves alone.

Scene 97 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 58 min into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 97

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.
Scenes 51–79
Padraic navigates gossip, violence, loneliness, and attempted apologies while trying to understand Colm’s terms.
Scenes 80–91
Colm’s first missing finger makes his demand for silence undeniable; Siobhan returns the finger and asks what would end the feud.
Just before
Scene 94
Siobhan writes while Padraic stays home and lets the two o’clock hour pass.
Scene 95
Siobhan mails her letter as the shopkeeper watches.
Scene 96
Padraic feeds his animals and looks across the island.
Scene 97
This scene

97INT. PUB - DUSK

MONTAGE. PADRAIC enters and orders a pint from an equally sombre JONJO. COLM is sitting at the far table by the window, reading a newspaper.

PADRAIC sits at a distant table, quietly drinking but surreptitiously glancing over at COLM, who sometimes makes a note in a notebook, sometimes glances out the window, but never looks in PADRAIC’s direction.

After a while the student musician, DECLAN, enters, joins COLM at his table, & they chat jovially for a time. After sadly watching this a while, PADRAIC quietly finishes his pint, returns the glass to the bar, shakes his head that he doesn’t need another, and leaves the pub.

After a moment we see him framed distantly outside the window behind COLM & DECLAN, looking back at them, but neither pay him any attention as they chat. PADRAIC continues away.