An Cailín Ciúin has opened in over 60 cinemas in France as of yesterday.
Director Colm Bairéad attended a screening of the IFTA-winning and Academy Award nominated film in Strasbourg yesterday to celebrate its release in France.
Based on Irish author Claire Keegan's Foster, with a screenplay written by Bairéad, An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl is a coming-of-age drama that delves into the meaning of family through the eyes of a neglected young girl. Set in rural Ireland in 1981, the film follows Cáit (Catherine Clinch) as she is sent from her overcrowded, dysfunctional household to live with distant relatives for the summer. She is welcomed with open arms by Eibhlín (Carrie Crowley), but her husband, Seán (Andrew Bennett) keeps Cáit at arm’s length. Slowly, however, a warmth grows within this makeshift family and Cáit begins to blossom in their care. But in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.
An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl was produced by Cleona Ní Chrualaoi of Inscéal, the production company she established with Bairéad in 2012. It was made as part of the Cine4 funding scheme for Irish-language films in partnership with Screen Ireland, TG4, and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The film was also in receipt of the Irish Government’s Section 481 tax incentive.
An Cailín Ciúin opens in The Netherlands today.
