CFIA group presentation

[Audio] we'll be comparing about the falling from 2014 and Innocence from 2004.

The Falling (2014). Carol Morley.

Introduction. 3. A film about 1969 at a strict English girl’s school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia, after a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved. Through the film, Carol Morley wanted to bring out the dark side of puberty and how the society is trying to ignore these issues..

Comments/ Reviews. Mark Kermode: ‘A tale of fevered faints and shared rapture as strange and mysterious as the swooning sickness at the heart of its narrative.’ Becky Kukla : ‘It’s not often that a soundscape captures the mood so fully as it does in The Falling. Some have even described the film as a musical due to the music being so intrinsically linked to the action. The score is so vital to shaping the action on screen and sometimes feels pre-emptive of certain events.’.

Innocence (2004). Lucile Hadzihalilovic.

Introduction. A coffin mysteriously arrives at a girl’s boarding school; inside is Iris, a six-year old girl, wearing only white panties. Six other girls open the coffin, introduce themselves, and dress the new arrival in the school uniform: all white, pleated skirts, braided ponytails, and color-coded ribbons in their hair identifying their rank by age. As Iris learns the rules of the school from her elders and is trained in dance, older girls hope that they will be “chosen” by the Headmistress during her annual visit so they can leave the grounds..

Comments/ Reviews. Lindsay Pugh: ‘Innocence is surreal, eerie, and beautiful, with a lingering threat of danger creeping in at every turn. It’s not a horror movie, but the pacing makes it feel like one.’ Mark Hodgson: ‘She’s presented innocence as a fascinating all-women society of mostly young girls, all years away from impending puberty.’ Anton Bitel : ‘For the film allegorises the innocent joys, confused anxieties and newly awakening impulses of pre-pubescence, where the only certainly is that the innocence of the title, like the film itself, must eventually come to an end, even if only to begin all over again – if not everything makes sense, that merely reflects the way that young children see the world around them.’.

8. Similarities between two films. ‌.

9. Both movies are based on girl’s boarding school background, surrounding a group of girls The main characters in both films are trying to explore something new but might be dangerous in their puberty The girls in both films are under oppression and controlled, which makes them became more longing of the world outside the school.

Difference between two films. 10.

11. While Innocence focus on a group of girls’ story, The Falling have also tell story between boys and girls’ relationship The Falling are mostly focusing on the story inside the school while Innocence also brings out the story of the girls and the world outside Girls in Innocence truly obedience the teacher in school, but girls in The Falling is trying to break the rules and resist.

Things that director wanted to pass out. 12.

13. School can be a little society, while people are under controlled they are wishing to break the rules and discover a new world Under power or authority, humanity can be abandon and people would always choose to follow the flow of the public The system never provides people with ready-made freedom, and when one wants to stretch oneself without restraint, one must need more than ordinary people’s sober courage and persistence.

14. the Guardian. (2015). The Falling review – swoon with a view . [online] Available at: https:// www.theguardian.com /film/2015/ apr /26/the-falling-carol- morley - maisie - williams -observer-film-review [Accessed 28 Feb. 2022]. Kukla , B. (2016). THE FALLING: Being a Teenage Girl Sucks . [online] Film Inquiry. Available at: https:// www.filminquiry.com /the-falling-2014-review/ [Accessed 28 Feb. 2022]. ‌Hodgson, M. (2008). BLACK HOLE REVIEWS: INNOCENCE (2004) a beautiful mystery . [online] BLACK HOLE REVIEWS. Available at: http:// blackholereviews.blogspot.com /2008/03/innocence-2004-beautiful-mystery.html [Accessed 28 Feb. 2022]. Woman in Revolt | Feminist Musings on Film & TV. (2017). Innocence by Lucile Hadžihalilović | Woman in Revolt . [online] Available at: https:// www.womaninrevolt.com /innocence-2004-by-lucile-hadzihalilovic/ [Accessed 28 Feb. 2022]. www.eyeforfilm.co.uk . (n.d.). Innocence (2004) Movie Review from Eye for Film . [online] Available at: https:// www.eyeforfilm.co.uk /review/innocence-film-review-by- anton - bitel [Accessed 28 Feb. 2022]. ‌ ‌.

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