Forget Maze Runner, here's Mais Runner. In Carol Morley’s latest, The Falling, Maisie Williams is trapped in a strange and sinister web of increasing weirdness at a draconian boarding school in 1969. The film has a new poster that we’re pretty keen on, as well as some new stills to share. Click below for a closer look.
Despite first appearances, Williams and co-star Florence Pugh do not play giant green tree monsters weighing up a bloodthirsty rampage through a GSCE art class. Williams is a bright, serious-minded pupil, Lydia Lamont, who falls under the spell of the free-spirited, rebellious Abbie Mortimer (Pugh). The 16 year-old pair is for a time inseparable, before Abbie starts to drift out of Lydia’s orbit. The title, meanwhile, refers to a spate of unexplained faintings at the school that dramatically complicate the lives of all within its wall.
“The inspiration for The Falling came when I made a short film called The Madness Of The Dance about mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness, as it’s more correctly called,” explains Morley, whose last, doc/drama Dreams Of A Life, caught the eye. “I became fascinated by the idea that these illnesses are steeping in mystery and contradiction and I felt this would be a great subject for a film.” {The Falling stills} Shades of Picnic At Hanging Rock in the look and feel of this one, as well as the more recent (though slighter) Jordan Scott psychodrama Cracks.
With Greta Scacchi, Maxine Peake and Monica Dolan also starring, **The Falling **arrives in UK cinemas on April 24.
With a cast that also boasts Greta Scacchi, Maxine Peake and Monica Dolan, The Falling hits cinemas on April 24.