Small Things Like These
Film details
| Film Title | Small Things Like These |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 98mins |
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | Belgium, Ireland, United States of America |
| Director | Tim Mielants |
| Actors | Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan, Ciarán Hinds, Ella Cannon |
| Language | English |
| Showings |
While working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
I was so rapt, so caught up in this film, that I wasn’t aware that it was going to be the ending until the screen faded to black. It is an absorbing, committed drama.
★★★★
Hats off already to Berlin for bucking the long-established “opening night dud” tradition (all festivals are prone to it) and instead unveiling what might be one of the strongest titles in the entire line-up.
★★★★
A key strength of “Small Things Like These” lies in Walsh and Mielants’ intelligent translation of Keegan’s bare bones style to the screen.
★★★★★
