A classic tragicomedy

Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ explores themes of friendship, betrayal and redemption during the Irish Civil War.

In Martin McDonagh’s magnum opus ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, which was screened at the opening of the 13th Nepal European Union Film Festival last week, viewers are transported to the 1920s Ireland, where the windswept shores of a remote island form the backdrop for civil unrest and personal chaos of loneliness, isolation, self-discovery and redemption.