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Small Things Like These

2024 · 99 min

This is a weighty, somber watch that slowly peels back layers of societal complicity and personal conscience.

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

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • morality
  • power
  • justice
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Tim Mielants
Written by
Enda Walsh
Starring
Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan, Ella Cannon
Music
Senjan Jansen
Cinematography
Frank van den Eeden
Runtime
99 min
Country
Belgium, Ireland, United States of America
Languages
English

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