TV & Film
Enda Walsh has crafted a stunning screenplay that honors Claire Keegan's remarkable novella. Cillian Murphy delivers an outstanding performance as Bill, embodying the character with a subtlety that avoids exaggeration. His emotions are powerfully expressed through his physicality and facial expressions, conveying everything the audience needs to understand. The moment at the film's conclusion left a profound impact on me. Eileen Walsh, who has previously collaborated with Murphy in theater, perfectly portrays Bill's wife. I could sense her deep fears—of being shunned, of not standing by the man she loves, of potentially losing everything, and of the Church's influence. The anxiety that her daughters might find themselves on the 'other side of the wall' separating the girls' school from the 'naughty' girls' home/laundry was palpable.