SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as a devoted father who discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and shocking truths of his own. Based on the best-selling novel by Claire Keegan.
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SYNOPSIS
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own. The film reveals truths about Ireland’s Magdalene laundries — horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform “fallen young women.” Adapted from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Claire Keegan.
Director
Tim Mielants
WITH
Cillian Murphy, Eileen Furlong, Michelle Fairley, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan, Emily Watson, Mark McKenna, Amy De Bhrún
Run Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Released
November 8, 2024
Distributed by
Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Country
Ireland
SUBTITLES
None
RATED PG-13
for thematic material
REVIEWS
“A deliberate film that uses small moments to examine one of the great questions of our time: how good people let bad things happen, and how we might push back against the dark.  ”
“SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, to paraphrase Walt Whitman, contains multitudes. A deep-dive character study anchored by Cillian Murphy’s fiercely internalised performance, Tim Mielant’s film is quietly emblematic of a changing Ireland.”
“[Murphy’s] is a marvel of a performance, extremely expressive and yet deeply inward looking. When the depths are stirred, you can’t see the bottom.”