After the massive success of A Quiet Place and its sequel, the franchise returns in 2025 with an ambitious and atmospheric side story: A Quiet Place – Mimeave. Directed by Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) in a stunning genre pivot, this standalone entry trades the rural survivalism of the originals for a hauntingly intimate character study — all set against the same terrifying backdrop of an Earth invaded by sound-sensitive monsters.
Set in the remote mountainous regions of southern France, Mimeave (an old Occitan word meaning “to mimic” or “to hush”) introduces us to Léa, a young deaf woman who lives in near-total isolation in an abandoned monastery turned survival compound. After a traumatic past incident left her mute, Léa communicates entirely through gestures and written notes. She is a mimic not by choice — but by fate.
Her quiet world is shattered when a group of desperate survivors stumbles upon the compound. One of them, an orphaned child who hasn’t spoken in months, seems to have a strange connection with the creatures — and may hold the key to understanding their behavior.
As tensions rise within the group and silence becomes harder to maintain, the monsters grow more restless. But Mimeave isn’t about explosive set pieces or gunfire. It’s about the quiet erosion of trust, the suffocating weight of unspoken trauma, and the question: when noise equals death, how do you scream for help?
The film's sound design is once again a masterclass in restraint. Sciamma uses silence as a narrative device — not just to build tension, but to explore emotion. Every breath, creak, or accidental whisper becomes a threat. Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir delivers a hauntingly minimalist score that seems to echo from inside the characters' bones.
Visually, the film is breathtaking — wide shots of foggy cliffs, ancient stone corridors, and candlelit rituals give Mimeave a mythic quality. And while the alien creatures still lurk as ever-present threats, they are used sparingly, making their appearances all the more terrifying.A Quiet Place – Mimeave expands the franchise in exactly the right direction: by narrowing the focus. It doesn’t try to outdo the original in scale — instead, it adds layers of mythology, character, and emotional depth. It shows that horror doesn’t always need volume — it needs vulnerability.
