yes, the quiet girl, which is an irish film from director colm bairead.hat withdrawn, is sent to live with her relatives, because her mother has another baby on the way, too many mouths to feed, too many kids to deal with. so suddenly she finds herself with a couple that she doesn't know. and at first, they're slightly stand—offy with her. she's told there are no secrets in this house, but there clearly are. there's clearly some cloud hanging over them. gradually, everything starts to thaw and she starts to find out what it's like to be wanted and loved and looked after, and she starts to blossom, to see the world in a different way. and this sounds like such a sort of simple plot — it's beautiful, it's so well done. i mean, the quiet girl, she doesn't say that much. she speaks volumes with her face and with her gestures. i just loved this. i thought it was so moving, so touching. it reminded me... it captures the trauma and the joy of childhood. it deals with serious subjects — love, death, life and the universe and everything, but it's so moving, it's s