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The Quiet Girl's historic Oscar achievement
The Quiet Girl's historic Oscar achievement
Ireland's 1st Oscar-nominated Irish-language feature
Director of The Quiet Girl
Director of The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad
Source text for The Quiet Girl
Source text for The Quiet Girl
Claire Keegan's novella Foster (2010)
Year The Quiet Girl is set in
Year The Quiet Girl is set in
1981
Definition of Gaeltacht
Definition of Gaeltacht
Irish-speaking region
Ireland's unemployment rate in 1981
Ireland's unemployment rate in 1981
17%
Protagonist's name in the film
Protagonist's name in the film
Cáit
Bairéad's filmmaking style
Bairéad's filmmaking style
Slow cinema (micro-gesture poetics)
Irish schools that screened the film
Irish schools that screened the film
Over 200
Native Irish speakers remaining (approx.)
Native Irish speakers remaining (approx.)
15,000