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The Quiet Room

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The Quiet Room (1996)

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another. An affecting portrait of a decaying marriage, told from a consistent,... A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another. An affecting portrait of a decaying marriage, told from a consistent, believeably childlike perspective. [More]

Starring: Celine O'Leary, Paul Blackwell, Chloe Ferguson, Phoebe Ferguson

Starring: Celine O'Leary, Paul Blackwell, Chloe Ferguson, Phoebe Ferguson

Director: Rolf De Heer

Director: Rolf De Heer
Screenwriter: Rolf De Heer
Composer: Graham Tardif
Producer: Sharon Jackson, Fiona Paterson, Giuseppe Pedersoli, Domenico Procacci

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The Quiet Room was a little too quiet for me.

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Susan Green
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A profound film about the emotional intelligence of little children and the holy calling of parenthood.

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An exceptional, if not perfect, Australian drama that gets farther into the inner workings of a child's mind than any other film I've ever seen.

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