The film adaptation of Claire Keegan’s short novel, Small Things Like These is set in 1980s Ireland and follows coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy). Haunted by childhood memories, Bill is now a devoted father, all too aware of the precariousness of his community’s economic situation and the struggles young women can face. After discovering disturbing secrets kept by the local convent, he is soon torn between the social risks of intervening and his own moral compass.
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