The Quiet Girl

95 mins.
Directed by Colm Bairéad
Irish Gaelic with English subtitles
2023
Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her.
She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.
Nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards.