Cillian Murphy by adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel

Little things like these
Ranked m
98 minutes
In the cinemas 10 April
★★★★

Sally Rooney is not the only Irish writer to find favor with the filmmakers. They found the last time that Claire Keegan, who has accumulated literary prizes for years.

There is no mystery in this. He writes with an elegant economy, in possession of a talent to block the essential elements of a character in a single sentence and put them between the shapes and colors of the Irish landscape and the routines of the life of the Irish village.

The quiet girlA little jewel of a film adapted by the novel of Keegan, RaiseHe started his translation on the screen when he was named for a better international film Oscar in 2023. Now Little things like thesewho made the list of Booker, became a movie. His star is Peaky Blinders′ Cillian Murphy, a fan of Keegan who is also responsible for creating production, bringing Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as co -producers.

Bill Furlong of Murphy is a fuel merchant in the 80s in a city in the county of Wexford. He has a good success, but everything he owns has been achieved by a hard graft. He spends most of his time still dragging charcoal bags – part of an incessant daily round that provides many memories of his beginnings while the son of a single mother saved by the homeless from the kindness of a stranger.

Her mother was hired as housekeeper by Mrs. Wilson (Michelle Fairley), a rich widow indifferent to the prejudices of the Catholic Church and the citizens who share them. And when his mother died suddenly, the young Bill was raised by Mrs. Wilson, leaving him with greater awareness of the importance of luck.

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Bill doesn’t say much. It is not needed. His thoughts can be read on Murphy’s face. Of course, it is too beautiful for the role, but Bill’s slight curve is a symptom of the work he does and moves with caution, as if he were attentive to the imminent possibility that things would go horriblely.

The Belgian director Tim Mielants makes these fears seem very real, bringing a strong sense of terror to the streets of the city. The Church and the pub are full of goodwill, camaraderie and Christmas joy, but Bill is one of the few who find it impossible to close a eye to the children who see food for food. Even his wife, Eileen (Eileen Walsh), sees the poverty that surrounds them with a pragmatic acceptance.