THE QUIET GIRL (12A)
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Adapted from Claire Keegan’s short story Foster, writer-director Colm Bairead’s debut feature is a comingof-age story set in 1981 rural Ireland.
Shy, neglected Cait (Catherine Clinch) is separated from her dysfunctional family for the summer and sent to live with foster parents.
Childless older couple Sean and Eibhlin Kinsella (Andrew Bennett, Carrie Crowley) welcome Cait to their country farm and provide her with the support she needs to edge closer to womanhood.
Far from the pain of the past, Cait blossoms but she gradually realises that even in her new idyll, there are discomfiting secrets waiting to be unearthed.
In selected cinemas from Friday