An Cailín Ciúin, Ireland's entry for Best International Feature Film at next year’s Oscars, has grossed over €1 million at the Irish and UK box office after 22 weeks in cinemas.
The acclaimed Irish language film, which has already won the Grand Prix Award at the Berlinale and seven Irish Film and Television Academy Awards, was made by husband-and-wife team Colm Bairéad and Cleona Ní Chrualaoi and stars newcomer Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, and Andrew Bennett.
Adapted from Irish author Claire Keegan’s story, Foster, the film is an intimate coming of age drama that tells the story of Cáit (Clinch), a shy young girl who blossoms after she is sent from her overcrowded, dysfunctional household to live with distant relatives for the summer.
"We are truly humbled by the manner in which audiences in Ireland and the UK have embraced our film, said Colm Bairéad and Cleona Ní Chrualaoi.
WE DID IT!! #AnCailínCiúin #TheQuietGirl has passed €1m at the IRE-UK box-office!! Buíochas ó chroí to ALL of you, to our amazing distributors @BOPictures & @CurzonFilm To the cinemas who allowed our film to grow, dár maoinitheoirí iontacha & to @CKeeganFiction for EVERYTHING 💛 pic.twitter.com/OaGbU6xve4
— An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl (@quietgirlfilm) October 10, 2022
"To every single person who bought a ticket for An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) and who championed the film since its release in May, we say thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
They added, "Huge thanks and congratulations to our fantastic Irish and UK distributors, Break Out Pictures and Curzon, who continue to work incredibly hard on the release. We are enormously grateful to all the cinemas who have allowed the film the time and space to grow and to Access Cinema for its extraordinary work in making the film available to local audiences.
"We owe an enormous debt of gratitude also to Claire Keegan for allowing us to adapt her work to the screen. The film's success is testament to the truly universal work she created in Foster.
"And last, but not least, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to TG4, Screen Ireland and the BAI, as funders of the Cine4 scheme, for believing in us as filmmakers and supporting us during this extraordinary journey. It has been a life-changing experience."
Speaking about the film’s continued success, Nell Roddy and Robert McCann Finn, Joint MDs of Break Out Pictures said, "Passing €1,000,000 at the Irish and UK box office is a remarkable achievement.
"It has been wonderful to see An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) connecting with audiences in such a deeply emotional way. Huge congratulations again to Colm Bairéad and the whole filmmaking team."
