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The Quiet Girl: Directed by Colm Bairéad. With Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric. In rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
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- Drama
- Colm Bairéad
- 2022-05-13
The Quiet Girl (Irish: An Cailín Ciúin [ənˠ ˈkalʲiːnʲ cuːnʲ]) is a 2022 Irish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Colm Bairéad, in his feature film debut. [1][2] Based on the 2010 short story "Foster" by Claire Keegan, it stars Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley and Andrew Bennett.
- What Happens at The End of ‘The Quiet Girl’?
- ‘The Quiet Girl’ Alludes to A History of Abuse
- Seán Is The Father Cáit Never Had
- Cáit Helps The Kinsellas Confront Their Grief
Throughout the summer spent with Seán and Eibhlín, Cáitcomes out of her shell, becoming more comfortable with herself and forming an intimate bond with her temporary guardians. Seán, while at firstwithdrawn and emotionally distant, soon treats Cáit like the daughter he never had. Near the end of the film, it’s revealed that Seán’s initial coldness ...
In order to properly and fully unpack the film’s restrained ending, it’s important to first look at a crucial plot point that is only alluded to, rather than outright stated. Apart from the unnatural discomfort that Cáit shows around her father, there are a few other signs that hint at the sinister truth that Cáit has been abused, perhaps even sexu...
Because of her father’s cruelty and abuse, Cáit has rejected him as a proper father figure. Through the abuse, as well as her mother’s general neglect, Cáit had become timid and reserved. She’d been cheated out ofthe unconditional love that a parent owes their child. Ironically, it’s only through Eibhlín and Seán (her mother's cousin and Eibhlín's ...
With Seán accepting Cáit as a daughter figure, he also completes a crucial transformation. The emotional scars left by his son’s tragic death, while never able to vanish, are treated through Cáit’s presence. If his initial rejection of her came from a place of sensitivity, his push for her to buy her own clothes (rather than grotesquely wearing the...
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Jul 10, 2023 · The neighbor tells Cait about Eibhlin and Sean’s son, who died on their farm after wandering off into the slurry pit. A devastated Cait questions Eibhlin and Sean after they return home, and the grieving couple admits the truth.
Feb 23, 2023 · When An Cailín Ciúin, known abroad as The Quiet Girl, received a nomination for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Oscars, it was Ireland's first submission to do so. That alone meant to the world to writer-director Colm Bairéad .
Actors: Carrie Crowley, Catherine Clinch, Andrew Bennett. Release Date: Friday 13th May 2022. Genre (s): Drama. Running time: 95 minutes. As her mother prepares to give birth to another child ...
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Dec 16, 2022 · The Quiet Girl. Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home...
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