It ended up being a bad night for The Banshees of Inisherin as it walked away empty handed at the Oscars 2023.
However An Irish Goodbye won the best live action short Oscar. One of its star James Martin who has Downs Syndrome, had Happy Birthday sung to him by the rest of the auditorium on Oscar night.
Martin plays Lorcan who is not all alone after the death of his mother. His brother Turlough (Seamus O'Hara) has returned from England to attend the funeral.
Both brothers have been estranged. Turlough plans to sell the family farm, place Lorcan with their aunt and go back to England. Lorcan is not happy about all this.
Father O'Shea finds their mother's bucket list, a hundred things to do.
Lorcan manages to persuade his brother to do the bucket list and then he will go and live with his aunt.
Of course the brothers bond as they carry out the tasks, some of them are silly such as posing for an artwork.
There is some earthy language, it is low budget. A good performance from Martin but the short is not that original.
