Set in 1969 in a rural British girls’ school, The Falling explores what lies behind a mysterious fainting and twitching outbreak that spreads amongst the pupils.
At the centre of the epidemic are Lydia Lamont (Maisie Williams) and Abbie Mortimer (Florence Pugh), both sixteen years old. They carve their initials into an English oak tree, which leans over a magical pond, and vow never to lose touch. But Lydia already feels that Abbie is drifting away from her.
A gang of committed friends surround Lydia. But none of them can take Abbie’s place. Only her older brother Kenneth (Joe Cole), is able to provide some solace. When the sympathetic young art teacher Miss Charron (Morfydd Clark) tries to reach out to Lydia, she herself becomes caught up in the fainting epidemic.
Release date, 24th April, check out the trailer below.
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