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May 13, 2022 · 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
Feb 23, 2023 · “The Quiet Girl” (Irish title “An Cailín Ciúin”) is the first Irish-language film to be nominated for an Academy Award (this year’s Best International Feature). It’s a milestone for Irish-language film. Now named Cáit (Catherine Clinch), the girl is a wary and watchful figure.
- 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...
- Colm Bairéad
- Features Writer / List Editor
Release Date: Friday 13th May 2022. Genre (s): Drama. Running time: 95 minutes. As her mother prepares to give birth to another child, Cáit (Catherine Clinch) is sent to stay with her distant...
- Brian Lloyd
- 12A
- Colm Bairéad
THE QUIET GIRL [AN CAILÍN CIÚIN] Oscar ® Nominee, Best International Feature Film Set in rural Ireland in 1981, Colm Bairéad's exquisite debut feature is a powerful coming-of-age drama told ...
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- AFISilverTheatre
Feb 19, 2023 · Sat 18 Feb 2023 at 18:30. An Cailín Ciúin (12A, 94mins) In the Ireland of yesteryear, when people had large families and thought little of it, it was so much easier for quiet children to fall...
Feb 24, 2023 · The feature — called “An Cailín Ciúin” in Ireland — was named the best film of 2022 by the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle, and screenings in the country have regularly left viewers in tears. For...