Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin).What does that beautiful, ambiguous ending of The Quiet Girl mean? This year, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin in Irish) received a much-deserved Oscar nomination for Best International Feature, and with it, Colm Bairéad’s excellent feature debut is sure to rack up a fair share of attention.
It’s also gone on to become the highest-grossing Irish language film of all time.
The Quiet Girl is a wonderful film filled with quiet, beautiful moments, elevated with lush cinematography and succinct performances.
Simply, it would make a neat little double feature with Charlotte Wells’s magnificent Aftersun.
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