The Awakening

release date:August 17, 2012 - Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Tuesday January 29, 2013 (dvd)
genre:Thriller
running time:106 min.
director:Nick Murphy
studio:Entertainment One
producer(s):Julia Stannard, David M. Thompson, Sarah Curtis
screenplay:Stephen Volk, Nick Murphy
cast:Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton
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The Awakening Movie Synopsis

The year is 1921. England remains dev­astated by the loss of so many lives over the course of the First World War. Modern science continues to make strides, while religious faith and 19th-century spiri­tualism are increasingly marginalized within educated society. There is much to grieve, yet traditional sources of consolation are ruthlessly questioned.

Enter Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall), renowned author and debunker of hoaxes using methodical and rational explanations. She's called to Rockwood, a provincial boarding school, to explain away sightings of a phantom boy. Though she's an enlightened and respectful skeptic, what she discovers at the school will prompt her to reconsider her deductive tac­tics—and send her mind spiralling back to a distant, forgotten past.

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  Good ghost movie ! This movie should have made it to theatres

  ok movie!

  i saw this film at tiff last fall and loved it .verry atmospheric and terrific performances from all the cast.. classic ghost story!