Last year, the Movie of the Year was Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy. Next month, you can see the actor again on the big screen in his next film, which will then be released in Dutch cinemas.
Little Things Like These is a historical drama film by Belgian director Tim Meilants. It is based on Claire Keegan’s novel of the same name.
story
As an international production between Ireland and Belgium Little things like this Focuses on the notorious Magdalen Laundries in Ireland. Set in 1985, the film follows coal merchant Bill Furlong (Murphy). He lives in the small Irish town of New Ross, controlled by the Catholic Church.
While the man works hard to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets at a local convent run by the Catholic Magdalene Sisters, led by Sister Mary (Watson). Here women and girls are exploited in laundries. The revelation also forces Furlong to confront his past and force him to break his silence.
Work together again
Murphy and director Mielants really worked on it Peaky Blinders And things went so well that Murphy really wanted to work with him again. During a conversation about working together again, Murphy’s wife suggested a novel Little things like this To photograph. Murphy is a fan of the original novelist Keegan and was totally into it.
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He did not expect the rights to be available and called Keegan’s agent, who told him that was indeed the case. Murphy acquired the rights with his production partner Alan Moloney and pitched the idea to him OppenheimerCo-star Matt Damon, who has a studio with Ben Affleck. Damon found the story interesting and the two got to work on the film.
In the cinema
Little things like this The film was the opening act at the Berlin Film Festival on February 15, where it received reviews from the international press. The film will be released first in Ireland and the UK, then in the US in early November. The film will also be shown in Dutch cinemas from November 21.
