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The Banshees of Inisherin, Stunning dialogues in a beautiful location with crazy people

This year, Martin McDonough's film "The Banshees of Inisherin" was an excuse for the cinema to display its beauty again. This film tells the story of two villagers from Inishreen, an island in the west of Ireland, during the Irish civil war. Two characters with different lives, Pádraic and Colm, seem to be close despite their differences. Pádraic, a stupid looking guy living with his sister, and Colm, a gentleman looking guy, old enough to enjoy his last days. Colm, however, decides that he does not want to be friends with Pádraic at the beginning of the story. Colm's motivation for ending cooperation is explained throughout the film as his desire to be remembered after his death, an important goal for everyone. Taking advantage of his musical skill, Colm wanted to write and play music so that his name would be engraved in history. It is an issue that causes problems and arguments between him and his former best friend, Pádraic, and reaches its peak at the end of the