“Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?”
Overview
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.
Directed by Jamie Babbit
Written by Abdi Nazemian, Micah Schraft
Produced by Joel Michaely, Holly Wiersma, Carolyn Pfeiffer
Box OfficeBudget: $900KRevenue: $381K
About The Quiet
The Quiet is a drama, thriller film released in 2005 exploring themes of daughter, depression, parent child relationship, deaf-mute, bullying, high school sports. Directed by Jamie Babbit, it stars Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Martin Donovan. After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.