The Cripple of Inishmaan

In the great tradition of Irish story telling, Martin McDonagh tells of the people of Inishmaan, a remote island off the shore of Ireland, who learn that the renowned Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to a neighboring island to film his documentary Man of Aran. This bit of news turns the community upside down with rumor, longing and lies. However, no one is more passionate and determined about being in the movies than Cripple Billy, a boy whose chief occupation to this point in his life has been gazing at cows and yearning for a girl who wants no part of him.