Films like Small Things Like These
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.
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The Boys of St. Vincent
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The Long, Hot Summer
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Doubt
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Women Talking
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The Color Purple
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The Molly Maguires
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The Lost Weekend
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The Cider House Rules
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Sleepwalking
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The Girl in the Book
Film · 2015 · also dramaThe story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
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