A QUIET PASSION Trailer Witness the new A QUIET PASSION trailer! The film, written and directed by Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea), stars Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, and Keith Carradine. A QUIET PASSION will be released in theaters on the US on a date TBD. The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.