“Small Things Like These,” the Irish drama starring newly-minted Oscar winner Cillian Murphy that opened the Berlinale earlier this year, finally has a domestic home, PvNew has learned, with Lionsgate picking up the film for the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland.
The studio will partner with Roadside Attractions for its North American theatrical release.
based on the Booker Prize-nominated book by Claire Keegan and directed by Tim Mielants, “Small Things Like These,” premiered to solid reviews in Berlin. The film sees Murphy star as Bill, a soft-spoken coal delivery driver and devoted fatherin 1980s Ireland who uncovers disturbing activity at the local convent —led by Emily Watson’s terrifying nun Sister Mary —that challenges his own internal traumas. Watson won the Berlinale’s Silver Bear for her performance.
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