The Banshees of Inisherin is a good example of the combination of tragedy and comedy. Dramatizes a painful experience that many of us can relate to; a friendship breakup. It’s an end-of-the-friendship, breakup movie that flows between the silent, gloomy, and melancholic atmosphere.
Set entirely in the early 1920s fictional Irish island town called Inisherin, Starts with two former friends Colm and Padraic who get into a fight. More specifically the conflict started from one friend “Colm” suddenly decides to turn off his friendship with his best friend “Padraic”. For the reason – “I just don’t want to be friends with you anymore” And for Padraic, a painful journey of breaking friendship for no reason makes him angry and violent just like Ireland during the civil war out there at that time.
Padiack and Colm have been best friends for a long time. Colm, a late-age tune maker, suddenly decides to break off his friendship with Padraic. He thinks Padraic is a dull man and is wasting important time in life talking with him every day. He feels that instead of wasting remaining time in dull and witty chatting every day, let’s do something worthwhile with the remaining years. Like making a new tune so that it will last forever even after his death. For Padraic, on the other hand, It all seems like child’s play. Later these things turn into disagreements and they take a violent form.
The Banshees of Inisherin is a dark comedy that gives a silent, gloomy, and melancholic feel with its form and setting. Throughout the narrative, the tragic events are interweaved with some comic moments.
The Banshees of Inisherin was highlighted in last year’s “A list” film festivals and this year’s Golden Globe awards and has been nominated for best film and other 8 categories in the upcoming 95th Academy awards.