On a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, Pádraic and Colm are lifelong best friends. One day, Colm suddenly decides to end their friendship, and the decision has alarming consequences for both of them. Colin Farrell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and Martin McDonagh won the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
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Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is a British director, screenwriter, producer, and playwright born in 1970. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Six Shooter (2004), his debut film. He also directed the features In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).