MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
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Film round-up: May 13, 2022
MARIA DUARTE reviews The Quiet Girl, Father Stu, The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson and Vortex
The Quiet Girl, a powerful coming-of-age drama
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
New releases from Sam Carter, Spell Songs and Les Thomas
KEN COCKBURN traces the one original language – that of the Yamnaya pastoral nomads – from which all European and Indian languages derive
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the debunking of the iconic British war hero
ALEX HALL recommends a searing panorama of our global predicament
The Quiet Girl (12A)
Directed by Colm Bairead
★★★★
SET in rural southern Ireland in 1981, this very intimate yet understated and quietly powerful coming-of-age drama explores child neglect and grief through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl.
Writer-director Colm Bairead’s impressive debut feature is an Irish-language adaptation of the short story Foster by Claire Keegan, which centres on Cait (astounding newcomer Catherine Clinch), one of four siblings, sent away by her dysfunctional and impoverished family to stay with distant relatives over the summer while her pregnant mother deals with the new baby.
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