Well, there goes that dream…
The Banshees of Inisherin is a most beautiful film in so many ways: it captures the beauty of the west coast of Ireland, it brings Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson together again after their In Bruges adventure. It has the first tapping into his sensibility and vulnerability, and the second showing off his actual fiddling talents. It leads us into a Bergmanesque daydream of islands and silence, and it lets us ponder the messiness of relationships. How we have responsibilities to our family and friends but also to ourselves and how we balance this, which choices we make. Do we dump our frustration with our lives onto others or do we just go away and in that way choose our own destiny?
Don’t worry though, there’s no real need to ponder all this, just come to us on the 4th of April and enjoy this wonderful film. And have your heart go out to Dominic, played by Barry Keoghan, who turns a part which could be seen as some light relief in amongst the darker scenes, into the most heartbreaking role of all.