directed by: Colm Bairéad, year: 2022
actors: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett

Set in rural Ireland, The Quiet Girl follows Cáit, a quiet, wary nine-year-old sent to live with distant relatives for the summer. There, sheltered from her unstable home, she discovers warmth, tenderness and a chance for belonging as she forms a bond with her foster parents and a slow, luminous intimacy with the land. Told with restraint and tenderness, the film unfolds like a lullaby—open-hearted, precise, and deeply moving in its quiet, transformative grace.

Life Affirming, Drama, Coming Of Age Drama, Irish Cinema, Family Drama