The Quiet Room

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She has her fish, her toys, her room and her imagination, but she won't talk. Talking just causes problems. A seven-year-old girl's perception of adulthood through a marriage breakdown.

"I've travelled in the world of childhood since I was a child... even more so now that I have children of my own. They are a source of endless fascination, insight and inspiration, and, to me, childhood is the most precious of all things.

In one form or another then, much of what I write and think about concerns childhood. This film is my most direct attempt yet at penetrating that world. Without my children it wouldn't have been possible." - Rolf De Heer

Directed by: Rolf de Heer
Written by: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Celine O'Leary, Paul Blackwell
Produced by: Rolf de Heer, Domenico Procacci
Original Music by: Graham Tardif