The Quiet Girl movie storyline. County Waterford, Ireland, 1981. With her exhausted mother of five expecting yet another baby, neglected nine-year-old Cáit leaves her impoverished home to live with her childless distant relatives, Eibhlín and her husband Seán, for the summer.
And as the warm and caring foster parents take the withdrawn child in to lighten the load of the family, a minor miracle happens: as the mild Irish summer progresses, Cáit starts to blossom under their care after experiencing affection for the first time. After all, we all seek kindness and love to thrive in this cruel world. But what does the future have in store for the quiet girl?
The Quiet Girl (Irish: An Cailín Ciúin is a 2022 Irish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Colm Bairéad. The dialogue is mostly in Irish. Set in 1981, the film follows a withdrawn nine-year-old girl who experiences a loving home for the first time when she spends the summer on a farm with distant relatives in Rinn Gaeltacht, County Waterford. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
The Quiet Girl premiered at the Berlinale on 11 February 2022. It won a Crystal Bear from the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Film and received a special mention from the children’s jury. The jury stated that “It is a film with a delicate story full of details about childhood, grief, parenthood and rebuilding a family. The very strong narrative is combined with a stunning cinematography. The sound and the images create a unique atmosphere.”
It was also shown at the 2022 Dublin International Film Festival on 23 February, and at the Glasgow Film Festival in March 2022. It went on general release in Ireland on 12 May 2022. It was also selected for the ‘World Cinema’ section of 27th Busan International Film Festival to be screened in October 2022.
The Quiet Girl (2023)
Directed by: Colm Bairéad
Starring: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Carolyn Bracken, Joan Sheehy, Bernadette O’Sullivan, Elena Walshe Gleeson, Isabella Hamilton
Screenplay by: Colm Bairéad
Production Design by: Emma Lowney
Cinematography by: Kate McCullough
Film Editing by: John Murphy
Costume Design by: Louise Stanton
Set Decoration by: Dara Hand,Jackson Todd
Art Direction by: Neill Treacy
Music by: Stephen Rennicks
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong language and smoking.
Distributed by: Neon
Release Date: February 11, 2022 (Berlinale), May 12, 2022 (Ireland), February 24, 2023 (United States)
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