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Small Things Like These [videorecording].
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk)
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical.
- Drama.
- Local Subjects:
- Historical.
- Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Lionsgate, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English audio.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- Summary:
- Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own. The film reveals truths about Ireland's Magdalene laundries horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform "fallen young women." Adapted from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Claire Keegan.
- Participant:
- Cillian Murphy, Clare Dunne, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Mark Mckenna, Amy De Bhrun, Eileen Walsh, Abby Fitz, Joanne Crawford, Ian O'Reilly.
- Credits:
- Director, Tim Mielants.
- Notes:
- 12/30/2025
- Publisher Number:
- 17427185
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