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A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.


“If you want to get on in life, there’s things you have to ignore so you can keep on.”
In 1985, 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.

Cillian Murphy
Bill Furlong

Emily Watson
Sister Mary

Michelle Fairley
Mrs. Wilson

Eileen Walsh
Eileen Furlong

Zara Devlin
Sarah Redmond

Clare Dunne
Sister Carmel

Helen Behan
Mrs. Kehoe
Ella Cannon
Laundry Girl

Patrick Ryan
Pat

Peter Claffey
Barry
Small Things Like These is a drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of small town, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, choir, flashback, ireland. Directed by Tim Mielants, it stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley. In 1985, 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.
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