PREVIEW: The Quiet Girl (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Catherine Clinch (film debut), Carrie Crowley (How to Be Happy), Andrew Bennett (The Stag), Michael Patric (Becoming Jane), Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (Song of Granite), Carolyn Bracken (You Are Not My Mother), Joan Sheehy (The Boxer)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Colm Bairéad (Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire), director, writer; Cleona Ni Chrualaoi (Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire), producer; Stephen Rennicks (Room), composer; Kate McCullough (Monster), cinematographer; John Murphy (Standby), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1981, a withdrawn young girl named Cáit (Clinch) is sent to live with distant relatives for the summer, where she experiences a loving family for the first time in her life. However, she soon discovers that her new guardians are keeping a dark secret…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Told entirely in the Irish language, this adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel Foster is a mysterious coming-of-age drama that overcomes any and all language barriers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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