Maeve

A soldier knocks on Martin Sweeney's door to warn him about a bomb on the street. While they wait, Martin writes a message to his daughter Maeve, who is at a party. The scene establishes the ever-present danger in Belfast and hints at a family trying to carry on amid threat.

Maeve, newly landed, boards a bus bound for Belfast. On the ride, the film flashes back to Maeve as a younger woman visiting her boyfriend Liam Doyle, and they share an intimate moment. The present journey is braided with memories of her past.

The flashback shows Maeve visiting her boyfriend Liam Doyle, and the two share a tender, intimate moment. The memory underscores Maeve's emotional ties to the city before its divisions harden. Place: Liam's place

Shortly after the bus flashback, younger Maeve confronts a boy who hits her sister Roisin. The moment marks Maeve's protective stance amid a harsher world. It shows how violence intrudes on family life.

Loyalist marches unfold on their street as the family watches on TV. A window is smashed by a thrown object, driving fear into the household. The incident prompts the family to abandon their dominantly unionist neighborhood.

Maeve rides home in a taxi when soldiers stop the vehicle due to an active bomb threat. She is reunited outside with her waiting parents, grounding the present in the danger around them. The moment emphasizes how daily life is punctured by violence.

Roisin is stopped by soldiers and brought home, where by the fireplace she recounts a disturbing sleepover in which a soldier intruded into bed with them. The memory shows how violence penetrates intimate spaces. Place: Roisin's home; Time: Present

In a flashback inside a pub, Joe and Colm’s past actions are revealed when they bury a box of gelignite under a flowerbed, a crime that lands Martin in Crumlin Road Gaol. Maeve decides she must get away from Belfast after hearing the confession. Place: Pub; Time: Flashback

Roisin tells of a masked man attempting to hijack a taxi; Eileen intervenes, leaping at the man while others pull him away. The scene shows women resisting danger in a hostile environment. Place: Taxi; Time: Present

A flashback shows a young Maeve in the van while Martin sells cakes, as a man challenges them about coming from the Free State and others accuse them. Martin drives off, trying to escape suspicion. Place: Van; Time: Flashback

Three soldiers force Maeve and Roisin to jump; later, Maeve and Liam share a hill-top moment where they debate how they remember the past and whether it erases her. The scene juxtaposes collective memory with intimate fracture. Place: On a hill outside Belfast; Time: Present/Flashback

Back home with Roisin, Maeve expresses fear that Roisin might 'give in' to the pressure around her. Maeve's provocative line about women's sexuality being an act of liberation reveals feminist tension within the family. Place: Maeve's home; Time: Present

The memory of Liam visiting Maeve in London surfaces as they argue about moving there and Maeve's right to not have everything figured out. The scene deepens Maeve's struggle with belonging and choice. Place: London; Time: Flashback

At the Giant's Causeway, a man sits beside Maeve and talks, continuing the pattern of uneasy encounters that punctuate her journey. The scene underscores her search for agency amid historical forces. Place: Giant's Causeway; Time: Present

Martin recounts a brush with police and the false newspaper claim that his van was a getaway car. He ends with the grim line that fear never fully leaves him, encapsulating the film's meditation on endurance. Place: Martin's recollection; Time: Ending