Story Line
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.
“If you want to get on in life, there’s things you have to ignore so you can keep on.”
Top Cast
Cillian Murphy
Bill Furlong
Emily Watson
Sister Mary
Michelle Fairley
Mrs. Wilson
Eileen Walsh
Eileen Furlong
Zara Devlin
Sarah Redmond
Clare Dunne
Sister Carmel
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
2024-11-01
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (3)
r96sk
8/10
•11/1/2024<em>'Small Things Like These'</em> is absorbing.
I basically got exactly what I expected from this one. It's a slow burn, quiet film featuring a stellar, if somewhat understated, Cillian Murphy performance. The pacing is spot on and the story is u...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/3/2024A friend of mine used to own a big gay bar in Dublin, and I recall being in it the day that marriage was legalised in Eire. One of the women celebrating was telling us of her childhood at the hands of the nuns in the 1970s. It was a ghastly story of ...
Brent Marchant
6/10
•3/21/2025When it comes to minimalism in filmmaking, there’s deftly deliberate understatement, which can be a decidedly valuable asset, and then there’s cryptic obfuscation, which frequently leaves viewers scratching their heads. And, when it comes to this fou...