Small Things Like These
We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.
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.
★★★★★
