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Review: Small Things Like These-Cillian Murphy Versus the Horrid Nuns of Ireland

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Oppenheimer has recently taken up weightlifting, switching from the mentally taxing secrets of the atomic machine to the more physically demanding sacks of coal. Recipient: Resident of New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. Year: 1985. Yes, in Cillian Murphy's first post-bomb film, Small Things, the Oscar winner's sad eyes struggle to convey the tortured inner life of Billy Furlong, a coal merchant who sells his wares to the financially well-off and the poor. Unfortunately, this "happily" married father of five daughters inevitably passes city dwellers on his daily route in his trusty truck, daring enough not to hang on, even if ailing. A Dickensian troupe, you might say. Yes, 1985 was a tough time for many in Ireland... and elsewhere too. Why would Billy come across a barefoot boy, on a cold night, desperately drinking milk from a bowl left outside for his cat? The ragged brat glances up for a second, catches a witness to his lactose theft, but Billy concludes he is no t...