“I Wanted To Work With The Boys Again”: Why Martin McDonagh Chose ‘In Bruges’ Stars Colin Farrell And Brendan Gleeson For ‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’
On Inisherin a young woman wrestles with her conscience as she tries to decide between starting her own life on the mainland or remaining in service to her beloved brother in the home they share. On Inisherin, a young man struggles to escape the abusive hand of his own father, shunned as he is by the rest of the small community. On Inisherin, the distant thunder of civil war on the mainland plays frequently in the background, constantly threatening to inch ever closer to the island’s residents. And yet…