In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
Keywords: 1980s , abuse , barbershop , based-on-novel-or-book , catholicism , choir , christmas , coal , complicity , convent , depressing , disturbed , dreary , flashback , gentle , grim , husband-wife-relationship , ireland , magdalene-asylum , merchant , small-town