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“The art of art, the glory of expression, and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity.” “The Quiet Girl” directed by Colm Bairead is a masterpiece of simplicity; a tale of potent, heart-wrenching poignancy; a nine-year-old child, “Cait” (sublime innocence encased in Catherine Clinch) shunted off to distant relatives for a summer, a transformative few months, that viewers will forever remember, because of its clarified, rarefied simplicity.
“Cait” is an appendage, one of many in a loveless household where poverty expands with the fecundity of illiterate, backward parents; she is just another “mouth to feed”, dirty, alone in her solitude, never hugged or kissed, uncomprehending of her circumstances, she observes, accepting, not “making waves”, unloved and unaware of its aptitudes.
A summer with distant relatives, (superb Carrie Crowley and Andrew Bennett) childless, but inimitably kind, awakens Cait to the simplest, nurturing delicacies: bathing, cleaning, shared chores: peeling potatoes, swabbing the barn; she works in tandem with “Eibhlin” and “Sean”, silently; the silence is lusciously soothing, unforced, contemplative and Cait’s awareness blooms, blossoming into something of substance. Sean has her run everyday to get the mail timing her progress knowing that “running is the medicine which throws out all the negativity from mind and body.” Cait is the “quiet girl”, an achingly haunted personage that without sentimentality breaks your heart.
FIVE STARS!!!!!
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