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The Awakening

German title: The Awakening – Geister der Vergangenheit
Francaise title: La maison des ombres
Spain title: La maldición de Rookford
Russian title: Экстрасенс
Original title: The Awakening

Alternative titles:
Despertar de los muertos | The Awakening: Geister der Vergangenheit

Horror movie – United Kingdom
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 107 minutes

Director: Nick Murphy
Writer: Stephen Volk, Nick Murphy
Cinematograph: Eduard Grau
Music: Daniel Pemberton

Movie description:

All the children are gone ... except one.
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.

In 1921, in London, the arrogant and skeptical Florence Cathcart is famous for exposing hoaxes and helping the police to arrest con artists. The stranger Robert Mallory tells her that the headmaster of a boarding school in Rookford had invited her to travel to Cumbria to investigate a ghost that is frightening the pupils to death. 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. Soon Florence discovers what had happened to Walter and then the students, teachers and staff are released on vacation, and Florence remains alone with Robert, Maud and Tom in the school. Florence is ready to leave the boarding school when strange things happen, leaving Florence scared.

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