Cillian Murphy tapped in to his Irish roots to play the role of Bill Furlong in the newly released trailer for “Small Things Like These.” The short movie trailer promises to thrill fans when Furlong, a father with repressed trauma, discovers disturbing secrets being concealed by his local convent. He is forced to contend with his own trauma while looking on at the horrors that unfold before him.
Murphy plays the soft-spoken character that works in the coal mines before discovering the abuse in his rural community. He contents with his own personal conflict while contemplating speaking out about what he has uncovered. The movie is set in the small Irish town of New Ross, in 1985, and draws from the real-life Magdalene Laundries, also known as Magdalene asylums.
Catholic nuns around Ireland separated unmarried, pregnant women from their children in these institutions, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Apparent promiscuity, engaging in overly flirtatious behavior and other factors could result in a woman being sent to one of these institutions as well. Allegations of abuse, lack of food or water, forced name changes and isolation from relatives have been made, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland were all closed after October 1996. Murphy’s character struggles to take on this powerful institution while confronting his past as the story line unfolds. Murphy, off the heels of his wildly successful movie, “ Oppenheimer ,” recently s.