{"id":103842,"date":"2022-10-21T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-banshees-of-inisherin-even-better-if-you-know-the-irish-history-behind-it\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T14:42:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:42:45","slug":"the-banshees-of-inisherin-even-better-if-you-know-the-irish-history-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-banshees-of-inisherin-even-better-if-you-know-the-irish-history-behind-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Banshees of Inisherin: Even better if you know the Irish history behind it"},"content":{"rendered":"
It doesn’t take a doctorate in Irish history \u2014 thank goodness, since I do not have one \u2014 to know that The Banshees of Inisherin<\/em> is not merely a delightfully madcap tale of Irish zaniness. it work<\/em> that, since writer and director Martin McDonagh (of in Bruges<\/em> and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri<\/em>) is incapable of turning out a boring story. But there’s more to it than what’s on the surface. <\/p>\n The Banshees of Inisherin<\/em> plays like a very funny fable or a folk tale, the story of two lifelong friends, P\u00e1draic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson). The two men live on a remote island off the Irish coast, which is sparsely populated by a collection of eccentrics who’ve known each other forever and are unlikely to ever leave. The only occupant with aspirations to get off the island is P\u00e1draic’s sister Siobh\u00e1n (Kerry Condon), who’s tired to death of everyone, especially the men, who are, as she says, \u201call feckin’ boring.\u201d <\/p>\n Well, maybe not all<\/em> boring One day at the pub, their usual afternoon haunt, P\u00e1draic discovers that Colm is no longer his friend. The reason for the break is elusive to P\u00e1draic, and even a bit elusive to Colm, who just ca n’t deal with his friend anymore. But when P\u00e1draic can’t accept Colm’s decision, Colm sets out to make his intentions clear in the most unhinged way possible.<\/p>\n