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Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.


England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.

Maisie Williams
Lydia Lamont

Maxine Peake
Eileen Lamont

Greta Scacchi
Miss Edith Mantel

Monica Dolan
Miss Martha Alvaro

Mathew Baynton
Mr. Hopkins

Florence Pugh
Abbie Mortimer

Joe Cole
Kenneth Lamont

Morfydd Clark
Miss Pamela Charron

Anna Burnett
Susan

Evie Hooton
Janet
The Falling is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of england, female friendship, schoolgirl, mass hysteria, sexual awakening, fainting. Directed by Carol Morley, it stars Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake, Greta Scacchi. England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.
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