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     EVA GREEN  JUNO TEMPLE  MARIA VALVERDE  IMOGEN POOTS

SET IN THE EARLY 1930'S, THIS MOVIE TELLS THE STORIES OF A GROUP OF GIRLS AT AN ENGLISH BOARDING SCHOOL AND THEIR BELOVED TEACHER,
MISS G (GREEN).  MISS G IS COACHING THE GIRLS IN DIVING, AND THEIR TEAM LEADER IS DI (TEMPLE) WHO ALL THE GIRLS LOOK UP TO, ESPECIALLY POPPY (POOTS).  DI HAS A CRUSH ON MISS G, AND THE FEELINGS MAY BE MUTUAL.  EVERYTHING IS GOING ALONG FINE UNTIL FIAMMA (VALVERDE) SHOWS UP.  SHE IS A RIVAL TO DI IN ALL WAYS, INCLUDING THE ATTENTION OF MISS G, AND DI DECIDES TO GET HER REVENGE.  FIAMMA ALSO BEGINS TO EXPOSE MISS G FOR WHAT SHE REALLY IS, AND THIS LEADS THE TEACHER DOWN A ONE WAY PATH TO DESTRUCTION.
THIS IS A VERY SUBTLE MOVIE WITH MANY LAYERS THAT ARE SLOWLY PEELED AWAY TO SHOW THE RAWNESS THAT TEENAGE GIRLS CAN DO TO EACH OTHER.  IT ALSO SMOLDERS WITH THE SEXUAL TENSION BETWEEN MISS G AND THE TWO GIRLS, DI AND FIAMMA.  THE DIRECTOR, JORDAN SCOTT (DAUGHTER OF RIDLEY SCOTT) DID AN IMPRESSIVE JOB IN CREATING THIS SUBTEXT AND THEN LETTING IT PLAY OUT THROUGH THE LIVES OF THE CHARACTERS.  EVA GREEN DOES A MASTERFUL JOB AS MISS G, STARTING OUT AS WHAT SEEMS TO BE A HEALTHY PERSON AND THEN SLOWLY AND TRAGICALLY SINKING INTO THE DEPTHS OF INSANITY AS THE TRUTH ABOUT HER BECOMES REVEALED.  JUNO TEMPLE IS EQUALLY GOOD, BRINGING TO MIND THAT OLD SAYING 'IF LOOKS COULD KILL' FOR SOME OF THE STARES SHE GIVES TO FIAMMA.  YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE.
RATING  3 out of 5