Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan

County Wicklow, Ireland

Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claire Keegan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Quiet Girl 2022 (7.5)

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
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Small Things Like These 2024 (6.7)

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
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So Late in the Day N/A

On a quiet, reflective Friday in Dublin, a man named Cathal contemplates the life he might have shared with a woman named Sabine had he made different choices. A profound meditation on memory, regret and gender dynamics, the film will explore how a deep lack of generosity can irreversibly shift the course of a life.