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Small Things Like These

Small Things Like These

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

20246.71h 39m

Overview

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.

Directed by Tim Mielants
Written by Enda Walsh, Claire Keegan
Produced by Catherine Magee, Alan Moloney, Jeff Robinov
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0MRevenue: $12.5M

Top Cast

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Bill Furlong

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Sister Mary

Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley

Mrs. Wilson

Eileen Walsh

Eileen Walsh

Eileen Furlong

Zara Devlin

Zara Devlin

Sarah Redmond

Clare Dunne

Clare Dunne

Sister Carmel

Helen Behan

Helen Behan

Mrs. Kehoe

E

Ella Cannon

Laundry Girl

Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan

Pat

Peter Claffey

Peter Claffey

Barry

Themes & Keywords

small townhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookchoirflashbackirelandbarbershopcatholicismcoalmerchantdisturbedchristmasabuse1980sgrimdrearycomplicityconventmagdalene asylumdepressinggentle

About Small Things Like These

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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