The Quiet Girl
Original Title: An Cailín Ciúin
2022 – 12A – 1h 34m
Director: Colm Bairéad
Writer: Colm Bairéad(adaptation)
Stars: Catherine Clinch – Carrie Crowley – Andrew Bennett
Storyline
Set in 1981, this film tells the story of a young girl, Cáit, who is sent away for the summer from her dysfunctional family to live with “her mother’s people”. These are Seán and Eibhlín Cinnsealach; a middle-aged couple she has never met. Slowly, in the care of this couple, 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.