A Quiet Girl (2024)

Directed by

Adrian Wills

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada, United States of America

Runtime

1h 26m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker investigates the story of his birth mother. He pieces together her short life after she placed him for adoption.

intimatereflectivecontemplativetenderpoignantpersonalquiet

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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