Cast
Maxine Peake Maisie Williams 
Florence Pugh Anna Burnett 
Greta Scacchi Hannah Rose Caton
Credits
Written by: 
Carol Morley
Plot
In a 1969 English girls' school, after a girl's death, a wave of fainting spreads among the pupils, and the film explores adolescence and hysteria, in a dreamlike drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
A strange, dreamlike and atmospheric drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.3 / 10 (8,877 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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