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He didn’t expect the rights to be available, but he called Claire Keegan’s agent, who said it was
Scenario
In 1985, devoted Father Bill Furlong uncovers troubling secrets held by a local monastery and uncovers some shocking truths of his own. When Cillian Murphy discussed working with Tim Mielants again, Murphy’s wife suggested that the novel “Little Things Like This”; make into a movie. After acquiring the rights with producing partner Alan Moloney, Murphy pitched the idea to Matt Damon, who has set up a studio with Ben Affleck while filming the film.
And the children taken from them
Damon liked the story and they made the movie. Eileen Furlong: If you want to get on in this life, there are things you have to ignore. Dedicated to more than 56,000 young women who were sent to Magdalene institutions for "repentance and rehabilitation" between 1922 and 1998.
Bill is a working class Irish man
Introducing 60 Minutes: Red Sea Crisis / Fake Voters / Finding Cillian Murphy (2024). Just a glimpse of the harsh reality that is Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. He is married to Eileen and they gave birth to 5 girls at home.
Bill works in a coal yard and delivers it to several people
Bill heads to the convent where he becomes restless and after several deliveries he is more concerned about what is happening to the nuns. Bills Dread follows him to Christmas as we get glimpses of his past as we wonder why he’s so upset. I think the film is an important watch, I thought it would have leaned more towards the monastic and brutal side of things.
Good watch, beautiful performances, 107
happened, but this was the Bills story. I felt the pain in my chest the whole movie, wanting him to say something to do something, but also knowing the consequences he and his entire family would face if they dared to question the church. The fact that these hellholes were open until 1998 is a disgrace and a disgrace to this country, and a church that saw power nuns and priests who believed they had the right is infuriating.