Verdict: 8/10
Directed By: Jordan Scott
Eva Green- Miss G
María Valverde - Fiomma
Juno Temple - Di
Set in 1930's,in a bleak,secluded area,an elite all girls school.
No one was prepared for what was about to unfold.
Everything seems to be in it place, quite normal as it was.
An over achiever student named Di, who idolizes her teacher from top to bottom, she'll do everything in her hands to please and make her become a favorite
among the rest.
The other girls,part of her circle are either introverts or wants to be a copycat
of her.
Their dull and otherwise monotonous lives will soon changed once an overseas student from Spain named Fiamma, who knows more than what she's saying.
Fiamma, as opposed to the other girls is timid, silent, felt very alone and left-out but rather an intelligent an kid with a disturbing past, that's why she's been detained in a reformed school to rectify her wrong doings.
Then, there was this dame professor Miss G, who influenced them with false pretenses that ends in a disturbing and confusing matter.
An incident that robs off their innocence.
Miss G, who makes them believe that she's an all too knowing person,
a free traveler with all her misadventures and what not.
On the outside, she looks well mannered and kind, but inside her, is a dark and disturbing past and all the stories she made were deceitful lies that web into one another, about herself and her life.
Miss G carries on this alluring appeal which made the girls curious esp.
the student Di.
But, what drives her nuts was the love and care of this young mysterious
girl Fiamma,
whom she tries to get her attention, but couldn't because Fiamma was too clever to be fooled by her.
When Fiamma caught her stealing postcards and things that are not hers and stories about her travels which she only got from a novel.
She tried to punish Fiamma by letting her dive into the water a lot of times, almost killing her, when she clearly knows that the girl was asthmatic.
One night, the girls held a midnight feast, it almost went well till Fiamma got drunk. Miss G pretended to protect her, she carries her into her room but took advantage of her.
What happens after is a gripping ending, envy that turned into hatred, that turned into anger and then death.
Upon watching this film, it reminded me of Magdalene Sisters all over again.
It's upsetting to see that back then, the girls were silently tortured,
they have no choice and no freedom to do what they want.
What was once considered as taboo and lustful, they couldn't express their feelings.
A tale of longing, wanting and Desire.
Beautiful water setting, the tones in each scene even the structures, sets off the whole scenario perfectly.
My favorite was the break of the dawn scene where they have to practice their diving and all of them went skinny dipping. That moment looks so innocent and hopeful.
It was flawlessly taken, no malice involved.
Very keen and observant, each of these actors portrayed their role really well.
I've seen Juno temple before on Atonement and i think she's a great actress in the making and even though, I only saw Eva Green and Maria Valverde in this film, they're both captivating.
you could almost love them as much as you hate them.