Irish Language film breakng office records in Ireland and the UK
Winner of seven Irish Academy Awards including Best Film and a Crystal Bear at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival, THE QUIET GIRL is the tender, delicate coming-of-age debut feature film from Irish writer/director Colm Bairéad. Set in 1981, the film centres on Cáit, a shy, neglected nine-year-old girl who is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with distant relatives for the summer. While Cáit blossoms in their care, she soon discovers one painful truth in a house where there are meant to be no secrets. Bairéad combines a compelling narrative with stunning cinematography to create an exceptional film experience.
Watch the movie yourself and see why its breaking box office records:
The full film is available here:
https://www.capitalfilmfestival.com.au/film/the-quiet-girl
Extracts from The Guardian review (chun fonn a chuir ort!) :
‘It seems a modest little story at first, a cinematic wallflower content to cling to the corners of its tight, boxed-in aspect ratio, rather than thrust itself on to the audience. But while The Quiet Girl, Colm Bairéad’s multi-award-winning Irish-language drama, might be small in scale, it’s one of the most exquisitely realised films of the year.
The quiet girl is Cáit (the remarkable Catherine Clinch), one of an ever-expanding brood of neglected kids on an impoverished smallholding in early-80s rural Ireland. With her mother expecting yet another baby, and her father skulking sullenly in the background like an unspoken threat, Cáit is sent to stay with distant relatives: warm, wise Eibhlín (Carrie Crowley) wraps her in love immediately.
It’s an accomplished work from first-time feature director Bairéad, who, appropriately, has the knack of telling us everything we need to know without words: a tense momentary standoff over some sticks of rhubarb, for example, is more eloquent than pages of dialogue could ever be.’