This Irish-language film is up for an Oscar

The World

“The Quiet Girl” or in Irish “An Cailin Ciuin” is Ireland’s first film to be nominated for best foreign language film in the Academy Awards. It’s also the first time a film screened in the Irish language has done so well at cinemas in Ireland. The Irish language is pretty popular with young people there, but only about 2% of the population actually speaks it on a daily basis. Will this film help change that? The World’s Orla Barry reports. 

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