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Cillian Murphy is a fan of the original novelist Claire Keegan
In 1985, devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers his own shocking truths. He remembers reading her novel "Forster" on a train, sobbing that he had to pull his hoodie over his face.
And the children they took from them
Eileen Furlong: If You Want to Go Through Life, There Are Things You Must Not Ignore.. More than 56,000 young women have been committed to "rehabilitation and rehabilitation" between the years 1922 and 1998.
It’s a very quiet film and I found it to be very powerful in large part because of all the things you don’t see on screen
If Oppenheimer felt that Cillian Murphy was the greatest stage for acting, then little things like this feel like a showcase for his ability to convey the most complex emotions with the most subtle facial expressions. It’s very effective in the way it transports you into this period and speaking as someone who doesn’t really know anything about this part of history I found it very authentic.
Little things like this feel like a satisfying project, that uses very simple cinematic techniques to tell its story brilliantly
As I said, it’s very quiet for a film with at least some bright visuals or dialogue and it works most of the time and I couldn’t help but feel like it affected the pacing somewhat. I felt like it was a bit too long for a 90 minute film which isn’t bad, but after the slow build I think I wanted a bit more from the end.
I can see some people finding it emotionally distant but I wanted to explore the emotions it was trying to convey
It’s not a film I’ll rewatch in a hurry, nor is it one I’ll get out of my mind anytime soon.