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The Quiet Girl - Irish language film

I just saw this. It’s mostly in Irish Gaelic, with a little English here and there. Subtitles for both. A very beautiful and melancholy film. Recommend highly.

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Thanks for the recommendation.

Not a sequel I imagine, or any reference to The Quiet Man, from over 70 years ago, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara?

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The Quiet Girl is based on Foster, a 2010 novella in English by Claire Keegan. I’ve read many favorable comments about the book.

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Foster is beautiful, as is Keegan's other novella, Small Things Like These.

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Thank you, Carole and Roubrat. My local public library has both works mentioned, plus others, so I think I’ll give them a read.

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I'll give it a go. Tonight I watched The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson (he's teriffic, as usual) - not for the faint of heart or ears.