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The Falling: Directed by Carol Morley. With Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Anna Burnett. It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Carol Morley
- 2015-08-07
The Falling is a 2014 British mystery drama film written and directed by Carol Morley. It stars Maisie Williams and Florence Pugh (in her film debut) as best friends at an all-girls school. The film also stars Greta Scacchi, Monica Dolan, Maxine Peake, and Mathew Baynton. Production began in October 2013.
The Falling (2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A mysterious fainting epidemic strikes several students (Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh) at an all-girl's high school in late-1960s England. Watch The Falling with a subscription on Prime Video...
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In 1969, Lydia and Abbie are best friends and classmates at an English girls' school. Lydia, the neglected daughter of an agoraphobic mother, is fixated on Abbie, who has begun to explore her sexuality. After having sex with Lydia's brother Kenneth in an attempt to abort her pregnancy by another boy, Abbie begins to suffer from fainting spells. She...
BFI funded the film £750K. Production began in October 2013. The soundtrack is by Tracey Thorn. Morley asked Thorn to provide the music for the film after editing had begun.
The Falling premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 11 October 2014. It had a limited release in the United Kingdom, grossing £442,177 with a further £10,051 grossed in New Zealand.US DVD sales amounted to another £6,406.
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 73% of 37 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.8/10. The site’s consensus states, “Well-acted and overall unsettling, The Fallingdelivers thought-provoking thrills -- and suggests a bright future for writer-director Carol Morley.” Mark Adams of Screen Internatio...
Web site: The Falling . . 24 March 2015.Web site: Carol Morley begins The Falling . Cineuropa.org . 29 October 2013 . 8 October 2014.News: United Kingdom, US New Zealand Box Office . . 12 January 2016.Web site: Independent Announces Start of Shoot for Carol Morley's Film The Falling . dead . . 2014-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/articles/the_fal...Apr 24, 2015 · As Lydia, Maisie Williams has the same mix of defiance, precociousness and vulnerability that she brings to her most famous role thus far, as Arya Stark in HBO's Game of Thrones. The film...
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