If you want to get on in life, there’s things you have to ignore so you can keep on.
In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
small town
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
choir
flashback
ireland
barbershop
catholicism
coal
merchant
disturbed
christmas
abuse
1980s
grim
dreary
complicity
convent
magdalene asylum
depressing
gentle