Is Cillian Murphy’s Small Things Like These Based on a True Story or Book?

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• The film is not based on a true story, but rather on the 2021 novel of the same name by acclaimed Irish writer Claire Keegan, who says the Magdalene Laundries are not the focus of the story - it's a 'love story' about a coal merchant facing a 'midlife crisis'.
• Screenwriter Enda Walsh adapted Keegan's book, while Belgian director Tim Mielants helmed the project, bringing this intimate character study to the big screen with Cillian Murphy in the lead role.