The Quiet (2005) on Netflix
After her deaf father dies, Dot, a deaf-mute teenager, moves in with her godparents, Paul and Olivia Deer, and their daughter Nina. Nina, once her childhood friend, resents her.
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Plot summary
Dot, a teenager who cannot hear or speak, loses her father and goes to live in Meriden, Connecticut, with her godparents, Paul and Olivia Deer, and their daughter Nina. Dot and Nina were friends as children, before a medical condition took Dot's hearing. Nina keeps her distance and insults her. Olivia, an interior designer, drinks and relies on prescription drugs. At school Dot has no friends, though Connor, a basketball player, notices her, and Michelle, a friend of Nina's, pursues him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Quiet (2005)
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- While filming the scene where Paul attacks Nina, Elisha Cuthbert was genuinely hurt by Martin Donovan, who stayed "very method" on set; Cuthbert said playing a victim was hard and that she sometimes went to the bathroom and cried.
- Elisha Cuthbert wanted to play the silent Dot in The Quiet, but director Jamie Babbit cast Camilla Belle in the part instead after Thora Birch dropped out of the project.
- After premiering at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, The Quiet was picked up by Destination Films, which drastically re-edited the film and added voiceover narration before Sony released it in US cinemas.
- The Quiet was the first feature film produced by the University of Texas's Burnt Orange productions, shot in Austin, Texas, in September and October 2004.
