A Quiet Girl (2024)
- Directed by
- Adrian Wills
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker investigates the story of his birth mother. He pieces together her short life after she placed him for adoption.
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What happens
A Quiet Girl is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Adrian Wills and released in 2023. The film documents Wills's own quest to learn more about the life of his birth mother, who placed him for adoption in 1972 but later died aged 45 before Wills ever had a chance to meet her. The film premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival, and was later screened at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. It was a nominee for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2024 Directors Guild of Canada awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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