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Movies: The Quiet Girl

Movies: The Quiet Girl

Ireland’s 2022 film is pleasant and inconsequential

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Scott Holleran
Apr 10, 2023
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The Quiet Girl, a foreign language film based on a story by Claire Keegan, depicts an unloved child. The look and sound of wind on grass in Ireland—with lingering shots of long, empty roads—evokes a sense of remoteness experienced by the girl.

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