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- Word of God is that she's alive, as evidenced by the fact that she takes Mallory's cigarette from him and then mentions that there's a car waiting for her at the end of the drive.
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The Awakening. In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Nick Murphy
- 2011-11-11
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The movie’s ending takes a supernatural turn as Florence wakes up in a parallel dream-like realm. She is greeted by a young boy who reveals himself to be Tom, a child from the boarding school who had died from the gas leak. Florence realizes that she, too, had perished in the confrontation with Maud and is now stuck in a purgatory-like existence.
After growing closer, Florence and Robert have sex. But Edward Judd, the groundskeeper who has a grudge against Robert for being a war hero, becomes jealous and attempts to rape Florence in the woods. Assisted by a supernatural apparition, she kills Judd in self-defence.
It's intentionally ambiguous. You can interpret it either way, but the fact that nobody else seems to see or acknowledge her presence is really odd and points to her being dead. I kinda liked the movie, good haunted house horror movies are a dying breed.
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In 1921, Florence Cathcart is a published author who works with the police to expose fraudulent spiritualists. It is revealed that she lost her fiancé in the First World War and that she "hunts" ghosts in an attempt to see if it is possible to bring him back. She receives a visit from Robert Mallory, a teacher from a boys' boarding school in Cumbri...
Writing
Director Nick Murphy said the "film is about people seeing what they need to and seeing what they need to is carrying forth of the film and as such, I wanted to give audiences that chance at the end. Yeah, I know what she is. Rebecca and I decided she’s alive and then she smokes and she gets a car."
Filming
The Awakening was shot on location in the United Kingdom in Trinity Church Square London, Berwickshire, East Lothian, Lyme Park in Cheshire and Manderston House in Manderston from July 2010. Some of the filming was completed at Gosford Housenear Longniddry in East Lothian.
Music
See main article: The Awakening (soundtrack).
The film opened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September 2011, and was officially released 11 November 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 26 March 2012, and in North America on 29 January 2013.
, the film holds an approval rating of on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews with an average rating of . The site's consensus reads: "The Awakening never quite quickens the pulse the way it should, yet it remains a well-acted and handsomely assembled example of an old-fashioned supernatural thriller." Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph rated the f...
Web site: The Awakening. Box office Mojo. 2013-12-10.Web site: Exclusive Interview: The Awakening Director Nick Murphy - ComingSoon.net. 15 August 2012.(Autumn/Winter 2017)On Location in Trinity Village. Trinity Villager newsletter.Web site: Gosford House and Pleasure Grounds | the Castles of Scotland, Coventry | Goblinshead .- Eduard Grau
- Victoria Boydell
- Nick Murphy
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He also tells that many years ago there was a murder in the estate and recently pupil Walter Portman had died. The reluctant Florence finally accepts to go to Cumbria. On arrival, she is welcomed by governess Maud and the boy Thomas Hill.
Aug 17, 2011 · Sometimes dead does not mean gone. Overview In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
