This film made me miss living in Ireland but it also reminded me of Ireland's not very nice qualities.
It's a simple film about a feud between two men on a small town off the coast of Galway. I think that it's a fictional version of Inishmore, which is a stunningly beautiful island.
The humor had me laughing throughout the film. It's the kind of dry Irish humor that I love. But, the film just radiates melancholy and loneliness. The loneliness of living in a small village. The loneliness of island life. The loneliness you get from seeing the same people over and over and over again, and if you're best friend, the one person you like spending time with, leaves you, then you're left with nothing.
Set against the Irish Civil War, the film acts as a smaller production of said war. Instead...