Cillian Murphy stars in this moving Irish drama adapted from the much admired novella by Clare Keegan. Murphy’s first role since his Oppenheimer Oscar win is similarly filled with powerful, quiet intensity.
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.