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The Quiet Girl is based on Foster, a 2010 novella in English by Claire Keegan. The film was originally titled Fanacht ("Waiting"). It was filmed in Dublin and County Meath , with Meath locations including Summerhill , Moynalvey (including Fagan's Pub), Curraghtown, Garlow Cross, Trim , and Clonymeath.
Jul 10, 2023 · Ultimately, ‘The Quiet Girl’ is not based on a true story. The movie is a faithful adaptation of Claire Keegan’s long, short story ‘Foster,’ with writer-director Colm Bairéad remaining extremely faithful to the source material.
May 18, 2022 · Irish director Colm Bairéad's debut feature, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin), an adaptation of Claire Keegan's novella Foster, centres on Cáit, a young girl despatched for the summer to the temporary care of surrogate parents, Eibhlin and Seán Cinnsealach.
Feb 13, 2022 · “The Quiet Girl” is set — with remarkable acuity thanks to Emma Lowney’s excellent production design — in an early ’80s rural Ireland that, but for the cars and the TV shows, does not ...
Dec 15, 2022 · The rare Irish-language film released in the U.S., 'The Quiet Girl,' based on Claire Keegan's 'Foster,' tells a poignant story about a neglected girl sent to live with distant relatives...
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Feb 23, 2023 · The Quiet Girl is a largely faithful adaptation of award-winning Irish writer Claire Keegan's short story, Foster, with one noteworthy amendment: The story was written in English, and Bairéad's adaptation is in Irish. Set in 1981, the drama follows 9-year-old Cáit (newcomer Catherine Clinch) as she is sent to spend the summer with distant ...
Feb 23, 2023 · Based on the English-language novella, Foster, by Claire Keegan, the film follows a, you guessed it, quiet girl, called Cáit ( Catherine Clinch) as she has one fateful summer away from home...
