Small Things Like These Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Set in a small Irish town in 1985 in the weeks before Christmas.

Plot

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Plot

Oscar® winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father Bill Furlong in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent — and uncovers truths of his own — forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Small Things Like These.

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  Cillian Murphy

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  Ciaran Hinds

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  Emily Watson

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Tim Mielants last directed Will. The film's writer Enda Walsh last wrote Hunger and Chatroom.

Director

Tim Mielants

Screenwriter

Enda Walsh

Producers

Matt Damon
Cillian Murphy

Production Details

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Key Facts

• Based on the novel of the same name by Irish writer Claire Keegan

Production Updates for Small Things Like These

Jun 2024

Completed

Changed Small Things Like These movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

May 2023

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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