The Falling
UK mystery set in a 1969 English girls’ school where a tragedy unfolds. Soon after, an unknown epidemic begins to spread, causing students to faint suddenly. Amidst the disorder, a troubled girl attempts to keep hold of her friendship with a fellow pupil. Stars Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), written and directed by Carol Morley (Dreams of a Life).
- Director:
- Carol Morley ('Dreams of a Life')
- Writer:
- Carol Morley
- Cast:
- Maxine PeakeMaisie WilliamsFlorence PughAnna BurnettGreta Scacchi
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAn imperfect but alluring study of psychological contagion that marks an auspicious advance in the field of narrative filmmaking for acclaimed docmaker Carol Morley.
Total Film
pressSwirling with mystery, regret and compassion, Morley’s impressive fiction carries on where her docudrama Dreams Of A Life left off.
Time Out
pressCarol Morley shows startling versatility and ambition with this jawdropping mash-up of 'If' and 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
The Telegraph
pressSuch complications account for the film’s intensity of feeling, which hails from another era entirely.
The Guardian
pressEven when the narrative plays its melodramatic hand, and closure is dragged half-drowned from the waters of ambiguity, the ripples of unresolved tension remain unstilled.
The Guardian
pressThis is terrific film-making - enough to bring a rush of blood to the head.
The Dissolve
pressMorley follows up the mesmerising Dreams of a Life with a tedious period drama set in an all-girls school.
FilmInk
pressCould have been a great horror film, though you will have to wade through most of it to see why.
Empire Magazine
pressSensuous coming-of-age drama that feels like a distant British cousin of Picnic At Hanging Rock.
Variety
pressAn imperfect but alluring study of psychological contagion that marks an auspicious advance in the field of narrative filmmaking for acclaimed docmaker Carol Morley.
Total Film
pressSwirling with mystery, regret and compassion, Morley’s impressive fiction carries on where her docudrama Dreams Of A Life left off.
Time Out
pressCarol Morley shows startling versatility and ambition with this jawdropping mash-up of 'If' and 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
The Telegraph
pressSuch complications account for the film’s intensity of feeling, which hails from another era entirely.
The Guardian
pressEven when the narrative plays its melodramatic hand, and closure is dragged half-drowned from the waters of ambiguity, the ripples of unresolved tension remain unstilled.
The Guardian
pressThis is terrific film-making - enough to bring a rush of blood to the head.
The Dissolve
pressMorley follows up the mesmerising Dreams of a Life with a tedious period drama set in an all-girls school.
FilmInk
pressCould have been a great horror film, though you will have to wade through most of it to see why.
Empire Magazine
pressSensuous coming-of-age drama that feels like a distant British cousin of Picnic At Hanging Rock.
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