Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleeson Team Back Up in Trailer for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Fox Searchlight has released the first trailer for the upcoming film The Banshees of Inisherin. I’ve been looking forward to this film as it comes from director Martin McDonagh, the filmmaker behind In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, and Three Billboards Outside Edding Missouri. Those are all great films, and the new movie also reunites In Bruges stars Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell.
Gleeson and Farrell play two lifelong friends in the story who find themselves in a confusing situation when Gleeson’s character abruptly ends their relationship with no explanation, and from there things escalate into madness. It looks like McDonagh made another fantastic movie!
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, the story follows “lifelong friends Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson), who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Pádraic, aided by his sister Siobhán (Kerry Condon) and troubled young islander Dominic (Barry Keoghan), endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Pádraic's repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.”
McDonagh talked about the film in an interview with Vanity Fair saying:“I wanted it to be as beautiful as possible. To aim for beauty and for cinema. Because if you heard of a story of two guys grumbling at each other, and you didn’t have the epic kind of beauty, it might get a little tiresome. I’ve seen a lot of U.K. and Irish films that don’t seem to aim for the cinema as their number one choice.”
The Banshees of Inisherin opens on October 21, 2022.
