We chat to Colm Bairéad at the Curzon offices about his first fiction feature film, The Quiet Girl, which is based on the short story Foster by Claire Keegan.

We discuss the understated and restrained qualities of the film, his reasons for choosing to adapt Keegan’s novel, and the “growing confidence” of Irish language filmmaking. We also debate the ending of the film. Spoiler alert!

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