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The Quiet is a 2005 American drama and thriller film directed by Jamie Babbit, and starring Camilla Belle and Elisha Cuthbert. It focuses on a mute teenage girl, Dot (Belle) who goes to live with her godparents (played by Martin Donovan and Edie Falco) after her father dies, where she slowly learns the disturbing secrets of the family, primarily concerning their teenage daughter, Nina (Cuthbert).
The film was acquired by Destination Films, which released this film in the United States theatrically through Sony Pictures Classics on August 25, 2006, and marketed with the tagline: "Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?".
The film's soundtrack features songs by Low, Cat Power, Le Tigre, and numerous Beethoven piano sonatas.
Many reviewers complained that it was sleazy, exploitative, and difficult to watch, and that it was too serious to be satire, yet too camp to be taken seriously. Despite receiving poor reviews, the film made a respectable profit.
The story revolves around Dot (Camilla Belle), a young, orphaned, deaf and mute girl. She is sent to live with her godparents and their daughter Nina (Elisha Cuthbert), with whom she used to be close friends. However, she soon learns the secrets of her new family.
As the rain washes distance from her voice
Something stirs beneath us
And hope awakens to the calm
In the depth of her eyes a promise sleeps
Resting soft, unspoken
In dormant dreams as blue as dawm
May sees the first light shine again
Into a night without an end
And the fear echoes deep within the heart
As I tempt forever
To find her way into my arms
With the dark comes another sleepless night
Longing for the moment
That two wil stand against the world
And through the years one night remains
As clear as trust beneath the rain
In your eyes see this life
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
Let us cry, let us try
We are one within the night
And ever more
We are one, you and I
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
I can see all the fears that lie inside
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
In your eyes see this life
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
Let us cry, let us try
We are one within the night
And ever more