It is 1985 in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in county Wexford, Ireland. Bill Furlong toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the Catholic Church. Based on the novel of the same name by Claire Keegan.

Winner of the best supporting performance prize for Emily Watson at the Berlin International Film Festival.