Director
Colm Bairéad
Composer
Stephen Rennicks
Cast
Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett
Edition 2022
94'
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2022
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Drama
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Dialogue:
English, Irish
For his debut The Quiet Girl, Irish filmmaker Colm Bairéad moulds a short story by Caire Keegan into a tender coming-of-age film.
Cáit is a nine year-old girl from an over-crowded, dysfunctional and impoverished family. Quietly
struggling at school and at home, she has learnt
to hide in plain sight from those around her.
As summer arrives and her pregnant mother’s
due date approaches, Cáit (Catherine Clinch)
is sent to live with distant relatives. Without
knowing when she will return home, she is left
at the strangers’ house with only the clothes she
is wearing. The Kinsellas, a middle-aged couple
she has never met, dress the girl in what clothes
they have. They are farming people, like her own, but
hard-working and wanting for nothing, it seems.
Despite a warm reception from the woman,
Eibhlín (Carrie Crowley), the man of the house,
Seán (Andrew Bennett), keeps his distance from
Cáit and she from him, but over time, their
strained relationship begins to deepen.
Slowly, in the care of the Kinsellas, Cáit
blossoms and discovers a new way of living.
But in this house where affection grows and
there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers
one painful truth.
"A silent child is sent away to live with foster parents on a farm in this gem of a film from first-time feature director Colm Bairéad. This beautiful and compassionate film, based on the novella Foster by Claire Keegan, is a child’s-eye look at our fallen world; already it feels like a classic." - The Guardian
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Credits
Directors
Colm Bairéad
Composers
Stephen Rennicks
Cast
Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett
Scenario
Colm Bairéad
Director of Photography
Kate McCullough
Editors
John Murphy
Producers
Cleona Ní Chrualaoi
Production studios
Inscéal
Distributor
Cinéart
More info
Dialogue
English, Irish
Countries of production
Ireland
Screenplay based on
"Foster" (Claire Keegan)
Year
2022
Filmography
Colm Bairéad
Screwed (short, 2003), Mac an Athar (short, 2005), Paidi's Tale(short, 2009), Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire (2012), Frank O'Connor: Idir Dhá Shruth (2016), Murdair Mhám Trasna (TV movie, 2018), The Quiet Girl (2022)