Movie

The Falling

2015 · 103 min

A haunting, slow-burning plunge into repressed desire and collective hysteria, beautiful and unsettling in equal measure.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, sexuality, grief, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
sexuality
grief
isolation
trauma
Places: school
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong