THE QUIET

Year: 2005
USA: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Shawn Ashmore, Katy Mixon, David Gallagher, Shannon Woodward, Steve Uzzell, Ken Thomas, Rudy Costa, Myrna Cabello, Laura E Johnston, Maria Cash
Director: Jamie Babbit
Country: USA
USA: 96 mins
USA Rated: R for strong and disturbing sexual content, a scene of violence, language, drug content and brief nudity
USA Release Date: 25 August 2006 (Limited Release)

Synopsis

Popular cheerleader Nina Deer's (Elisha Cuthbert) world is turned upside down when her parents, Olivia (Edie Falco) and Paul (Martin Donovan) adopt a recently orphaned deaf girl, Dot (Camilla Belle). But in this suburban home, things are not what they seem. Dot's arrival puts a crack in Nina's idyllic social life and her family's dark secrets soon become exposed.

Nina's friends, including the handsome Connor (Shawn Ashmore), develop an odd fascination with the newcomer and confide in her their darkest secrets. Dot quietly shoulders the burdens of those around her, simultaneously hiding her own secrets as well.

Directed by Jamie Babbit (BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER), THE QUIET is an intense story about family secrets, friendship, trust, and betrayal where happy faces disguise ugly truths.