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Ireland10 Essential Irish FilmsStop 3 of 10
The Banshees of Inisherin
On a remote Irish island in the 1920s, a genial man is baffled and wounded when his lifelong best friend abruptly declares he wants nothing more to do with him, and the rift escalates with unsettling consequences. Martin McDonagh's darkly funny, melancholy fable.
Why it’s here
Martin McDonagh's Ireland-set black comedy rooted in Irish island life, language rhythm, and Civil War allegory.