Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/25/06 (LA&NY) 09/01/06 (Wide) Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for strong and disturbing sexual content, a scene of violence, language, drug content and brief nudity Running Time 1 hour 32 minutes Genre Suspense, Drama Director Jamie Babbit Writer Abdi Nazemian, Micah Schraft Cast Elisha Cuthbert, Edie Falco, Camilla Belle, Shawn Ashmore, Martin Donovan Studio Sony Pictures Classics |
THE QUIET
SYNOPSIS
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.
--© Sony Pictures Classics
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.
--© Sony Pictures Classics
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