“Morley has created a school story that should become a classic, a tale of girl power long before the term existed.” – Kate Muir, The Times ★★★★★

“This is terrific filmmaking – enough to bring a rush of blood to the head.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian ★★★★★

“The magic of Morley’s film lies in its textured surface.” Anna Leszkiewicz, New Statesman

“A bold, compelling and utterly inspiring piece of work.” – Alice Thorpe, Indiewire

“The Falling is a bewitching, phenomenal film that gets the helplessness and sexuality of teenage femininity just right.” – Film School Rejects Grade A

“Carol Morley, new film, fiction = save me a seat” – Danny Leigh, Film 2014 (@dannytheleigh)

It’s 1969 at a strict English girls’ school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved. Before long, the condition begins to spread throughout the school community and when Lydia’s own symptoms worsen, she rallies against the school’s authorities to find and remove the underlying cause before it’s too late.

Credits
Written and directed by Carol Morley
Produced by Cairo Cannon and Luc Roeg
Director of Photography Agnès Godard
Music by Tracey Thorn

Cast
Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake, Monica Dolan and Greta Scacchi
Introducing Florence Pugh

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Links
Buy or rent The Falling on Amazon Video | Google Play | YouTube | PlayStation Store | TalkTalk TV Store | Microsoft Store for Xbox and Windows | Wuaki.tv in Spain
Rent The Falling on Curzon Home Cinema | Sky Store | iTunes UK | iTunes US | Vudu in the US
Buy the Blu-ray or Buy the DVD of The Falling
Buy the soundtrack, Songs from The Falling by Tracey Thorn
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The Falling on Independent Productions
Carol Morley on the films that inspired The Falling
BBC: My Top Ten Films Of The Year So Far: Part Two, Mark Kermode
Selected press