A brief summary of the film's plot. Ireland, exactly 100 years ago. Civil war on the mainland, but on the remote island of Inisherin, life goes on as usual. A bit of farming and cheese, then after two o'clock the men go to the pub for a drink. For many years, this is also the routine of the two friends Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson). But from one day to the next, Colm cancels Pádraic's friendship because his friend is too simple-minded for him and Colm would rather devote himself to music instead in order to leave something lasting for mankind, like Mozart, for example.
The good-natured Pádraic is devastated and refuses to accept it. When Colm cuts off one of his fingers and throws Pádraic against the front door, it becomes clear that Colm means business. Later, he also cuts off the other four fingers of his hand. At this point at the latest, the film reaches the brilliantly tragic-comic heights that the trio of director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh, Colin Ferrall and Brendan Gleeson already achieved with Bruges ... and Die (2008) made them cult favourites. Colin Ferrall's forehead and eyebrows alone are so brilliant that they could be awarded their own Oscar for the moment when his beloved dwarf donkey Jenny chokes to death on Colm's severed finger. There is no film version of Romeo and Juliet in which Romeo mourned his deceased Juliet more than this Pádraic mourned his dwarf donkey.
