An award winner at Berlin 2022, this Irish tale follows a shy nine-year-old who has been separated from her immediate...
An award winner at Berlin 2022, this Irish tale follows a shy nine-year-old who has been separated from her immediate family and left in the care of two distant relatives for the summer. After sun-dappled days spent milking cows, peeling potatoes, and fetching water from the well, the initially uncommunicative child soon opens up to her foster parents.
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Serene cinema at its finest. This unhurried Irish Gaelic tale of a shy girl from a rough home delivers riches of details when she's moved into loving foster care, like seeing joyful childhood memories being born in real-time. Warm, wise, and incredibly moving.
97 %144 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
93 %505 reviewsAudience score rating
16+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"Bairéad has managed to transmit Cáit’s every mood through the crystallising performance of 12-year-old Catherine Clinch..."
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Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound"The Quiet Girl is a truly beautiful and deeply moving work of cinematic wonder."
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Daily Mail
Daily Mail"A coming-of-age tale with an unerring eye for detail, this seemingly familiar drama... is also quietly subversive."
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The Times
The Times"The film is low on incident, but generous to its characters and invigoratingly sweet."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"It is a jewel."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Remarkable..."
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times"A heartfelt, beautifully homespun tale of a lonely Irish childhood..."
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Variety
Variety"An unexpectedly beautiful assembly of narrative, image and sound..."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"There’s a heartfelt simplicity to the film’s story..."
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Little White Lies
Little White LiesThe Quiet Girl | Details
- Rating
- 12A, infrequent strong language
- Runtime
- 95
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Ireland
