The Quiet (2005)

Name: The Quiet
Genre: Drama
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Shawn Ashmore

The Quiet

Drama

Documentary

Thriller

Release Date: September 12, 2005
Director: Jamie Babbit
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert , Camilla Belle , Edie Falco , Martin Donovan , Shawn Ashmore , Katy Mixon
Runtime: 96
Main Genre: Drama
Writers: Abdi Nazemian , Micah Schraft
Tagline: Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?
Website: http://www.thequietmovie.com/

Summary

Popular cheerleader Nina Deer’s (Elisha Cuthbert) seemingly unblemished suburban world is turned upside down when her parents (Edie Falco and Martin Donovan) adopt their recently orphaned goddaughter Dot (Camilla Belle). Dot’s arrival delivers a blow to Nina’s idyllic social life and triggers the unraveling of the family’s darkest secrets. Both Nina’s family and friends, including the school hunk Connor (Shawn Ashmore, The X-MEN trilogy), develop an odd fascination with Dot and confide in her their troubling secrets. Dot quietly shoulders the burdens and secrets of those around her, while continuing to hold what is perhaps the biggest secret -- her own. Directed by Jamie Babbit (BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER), THE QUIET is about family secrets, friendship, trust and betrayal. Through Nina’s eyes, Babbit takes us on an emotional rollercoaster ride -- through the hilarious and often crude interactions of high schools students and a family where happy faces disguise ugly truths. THE QUIET unmasks the idyllic suburban life of the Deer family in their quiet Connecticut town. Dot’s arrival brings to light the disturbing secrets simmering just beneath the image of a perfect family. Dot and Nina learn to rely on each other as they dare to break the silence that binds them both.