98 mins |
Rated
PG
Directed by Tim Mielants
Starring Michelle Fairley, Ciarán Hinds, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan, Michelle Fairley, Emily Watson, Eileen Walsh, Cillian Murphy
Produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Oscar winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father Bill Furlong in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he 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.
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Produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Oscar winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father Bill Furlong in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he 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.