Based on Claire Keegan's Booker prize nominated novel SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE is about one man's stand against the evils of Ireland's infamous Magdalene Laundries. Cillian Murphy shines as a quiet hero in this powerful Irish tale, his first film since Oscar winning Oppenheimer. Here he is Bill Furlong, devoted father of five girls, a hard working coal merchant in small-town Ireland in 1985 controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. Confronted by the shocking truth, uncovering disturbing secrets kept by the convent, his conscience and memories of his own past are shaken up.. but he knows that any action will cost him dear.
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