THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
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The Banshees of Inisherin

Martin McDonagh
Großbritannien, Irland, USA 2022
109 min
V'22

Während in Irland 1923 Bürgerkrieg herrscht, erlebt Padraic auf einer abgelegenen Insel sein ganz eigenes Drama. Sein lebenslanger Freund Colm kündigt ihm urplötzlich die Freundschaft, weil er ihn, so die Begründung, nicht mehr mag – mit reichlich drastischen Konsequenzen. Nach Komödie mag sich das zwar nicht unbedingt anhören. Doch Martin McDonagh – der zuletzt mit THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI bewies, dass er das hervorragend kann – balanciert die im Grunde traurige Handlung höchst unterhaltsam mit sattem, schwarzem Humor aus und verliert die essenziellen Themen – vom Bedürfnis nach Freundschaft bis zur Angst vor dem Tod – nicht aus dem Blick. (Sascha Rettig)

As the Irish Civil War rages on, the island of Inisherin remains just out of reach. When the wind drops, bombs can be heard, but many of the inhabitants are so disconnected from everything that they are unsure where their allegiances lie. Martin McDonagh’s film never leaves the island, but its sweeping vistas and stunningly-shot coastlines ensure that the film never feels claustrophobic, its few inhabitants spread out so sparsely that each home is like a testimony to loneliness.
BANSHEES OF INISHERIN takes its name from a piece of music Colm composes across the course of the film. Unfortunately for his best friend Pádraic, Colm has decided that he must stop speaking to him in order to devote his final years to music. When Padraic refuses to accept this, Colm swears that any time Padraic speaks to him he will cut off one of his own fingers.
The film is blackly comic, frequently absurd and proves to be McDonagh’s finest work, with a career-best turn from Farrell playing a lost soul confronting crippling loneliness and inadequacy. The film’s allegory for the civil war is present but not overplayed, a hauntingly lyrical tribute to humanity’s capacity for self-destruction. (Leila Latif)

Martin McDonagh: SIX SHOOTER (2008, K), IN BRUGES (2008), SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012), THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (2017)

Credits
  • Colin Farrell - Pádraic
  • Brendan Gleeson - Colm
  • Kerry Condon
  • Barry Keoghan
  • Martin McDonagh
  • Ben Davis
  • Simon Willis
  • Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
  • Carter Burwell
  • Mark Tildesley
Blueprint Pictures, Film 4, Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Pictures

The Walt Disney Company (Austria) GmbH
DCP
Farbe
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