30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: Festival Laurels from around the World

The Quiet Girl (2022) 12

Ireland | 2022 | 95 min.

Cáit is a 9-year-old girl from an over-crowded, dysfunctional and impoverished family. When her pregnant mother’s due date approaches, Cáit is sent to live with distant relatives. Without knowing when she will return home, she is left at the strangers’ house with only the clothes she is wearing. In the care of the Kinsellas, Cáit blossoms and discovers a new way of living. But in this house where affection grows and there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.

CountryIreland
Year2022
Duration95 min
Rating12
LanguageEnglish, Irish
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Colm Bairéad
Screenplay Colm Bairéad (adaptation)
Director of Photography Kate McCullough
Music Stephen Rennicks
Edited by John Murphy
Contact Bankside Films

Biography

Irish screenwriter and director. He studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He focuses mainly on short film and TV documentary productions, including series. His feature debut The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin, 2022) is currently one of Ireland's most acclaimed films.

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