English Titles Q
- Queen of Niendorf, Germany, 2016
- Quest For A Heart, Finland, 2007
- Quiet Girl, The, Ireland, 2021
Quiet Girl, The
Original title: Cailín Ciúin, An
German title: stille Mädchen, Das
Ireland, 2021
Director: Bairéad, Colm
Production company: Inscéal
Co-producers: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Fís Éireann/Screen, TG4
Age recommendation: 8 years and up
Length: 94 min.
Film genre: Feature film
Synopsis:
Cáit, a nine-year old girl, from an overcrowded, dysfunctional family is taken by her father to live with distant relatives for the summer months. These are Seán and Eibhlín Kinsella, a middle-aged farming couple she has never met. Without knowing when she will return home, Cáit is left at the strangers’ house with only the clothes she is wearing. Slowly, in the care of the Kinsellas, she 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.
Festivals:
Berlin Generation 2022 (awarded), Leeds Young Film Festival 2022, Irish Film & TV Awards 2022: best film, best direction, best lead actress, best cinematography, best editing, best music, best production design, Zagreb IFF 2022, Cine Junior Val-de-Marne 2023 (awarded), Stuttgart CFF 2023, Luxembourg IFF 2023 (awarded), Ciné-Jeune de l'Aisne 2023, Itinerances IFF Alès 2023, Zlin CFF 2023, Buster Copenhagen 2023, Schlingel CFF Chemnitz 2023, Young Horizons CFF Warsaw 2023, Cinepaenz Cologne 2023, Stuttgart CFF 2024, SehPferdchen CFF Hannover 2024
Website: www.insceal.com
Study guide: Danish
Study guide: Finnish
Study guide: German
World sales address/es:
Rosa Bosch (ESP)
Sold to:
Break Out Pictures
Neue Visionen (DE)
Polyfilm (AT)
New Horizons (PL)