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The Quiet Girl

2022 · 95 min

A hushed, tender immersion into a child's quiet world, where small kindnesses and unspoken sorrows accumulate into a devastating emotional ache.

Overview
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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  • Channel 4 Plus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Colm Bairéad
Written by
Colm Bairéad
Starring
Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy, Tara Faughnan, Neans Nic Dhonncha
Music
Stephen Rennicks
Cinematography
Kate McCullough
Runtime
95 min
Country
Ireland
Languages
Irish, English

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