What happens when the women band together to make their views known? Looks like we’ll find out inSoft & Quiet, a new film produced by Jason Blum that follows a group of women, an incident at a store, and the aftermath that follows.
Deadlineconfirmed Momentum Pictures had picked up the distribution rights forSoft & Quietin the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in October. The trailer and release date for the film was revealed just a week later. The movie marks the directorial debut of Beth de Araújo. It is also the first full-length feature the director has written. Executive producers include Jason Blum, Robina Riccitiello (The Social Dilemma), and Beatriz Sequeira (The Invisible Man,Get Out), with Joshua Beirne-Golden (Lowriders), Josh Peters (The Lighthouse), Saba Zerehi, and de Araújo as producers.
Be prepared tofollow along in real-timeas we share everything you need to know aboutSoft & Quiet.
Soft & Quiet: The Plot
The film will follow a school teacher and a group of people she brings together. The plot synopsis hints that it may be some type ofpolitical or spiritual meetingand that after the altercation occurs, something horrible happens.
Playing out in real time, Soft & Quiet is a runaway train that follows a single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher, Emily, who organizes an inaugural club meeting of like-minded women. When they all decide to move the meeting to Emily’s house to keep the wine flowing, they stop at the local store to pick up refreshments. At the store, an altercation breaks out between a woman from Emily’s past and the group, leading to a volatile chain of events.
The trailer gives more clues as to what audiences can expect. Emily gives subtle glances at people of color, which could be interpreted in a number of ways. All the women shown in the teacher’s club are white-passing, which also could hint at what the group’s agenda is.
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Emily speaks of a magazine and how they must be careful with what they put in it, not wanting their main ideas to be front and center. It sounds like the goal is to create a propaganda magazine of sorts, but they don’t want people to know that that’s what it is.
A blood-curdling scream breaks the trailer into two distinct parts. After the scream, the women are frantic, trying to clean up a red liquid, and seem to be turning on each other. There’s no question that something has gone wrong. It’s only a matter of time before all is revealed.
Soft & Quiet: The Cast
Stefanie Estes is Emily. The actress' previous work includes Prime Video’sTales from the Loop, Sunny Family Cult, andThe Refuge. Estes has also been in numerous shorts and has a variety of projects in the works.
Additional cast members include Olivia Luccardi (It Follows,The Thing About Pam) as Leslie, Eleanore Pienta (Chained for Life) as Marjorie, Dana Millican (Shrill,Portlandia) as Kim, Melissa Paulo (Sex Tape) as Anne, Jon Beavers (Licorice Pizza,Bel-Air) as Craig, Cissy Ly as Lily, Nina E. Jordan (Bubbleproof) as Nora, Rebekah Wiggins (T@gged) as Alice, Jayden Leavitt as Brian, Jovita Molina (Chance) as Maria, and Shannon Mahoney as Jessica.
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Release Date
The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on June 13, 2025. It will be released to theaters on August 11, 2025.
Everything Else We Know
So far,Soft & Quiethas been getting good reviews. The movie currently has an 86% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, though this could change as more reviews come in after the release date. At the time of writing, there is no audience score.
Reviews are specifically pointing out how well the film handles its subject matter. “Araújo crafts a tense film that slowly reveals how simple racist rhetoric can escalate into physical violence on the turn of a dime,” Marya E. Gates wrote forRogerEbert.com. This film isn’t supposed to be fun to watch, withVarietynoting it is “deeply unpleasant to watch, but that’s the point.”
It should be noted that comments from moviegoers and critics alike have had intense emotional andphysical reactionswhile watching it. One comment on the film’s trailer on YouTube writes they had “horrific anxiety” while watching it at the festival, almost walking out if it weren’t for having a friend there with them. That’s to say, viewers should be prepared that the plot and material may hit close to home and may be relevant to the current social climate.
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