It starts out as your usual english girls' boarding school between WW1 and WW2 with the cliques and crushes on teachers. But from this expected beginning there are twists and turns in relationships and the story and characters are developed that are a surprise.
A group of girls with a very dominant leader look up to and admire their physical education teacher. The leader of this group has a constant need to be the special one of this teacher and to be approved of and publicly admired by her. But when a girl from Spain is enrolled in the school and the teacher starts wanting to be admired and approved of by this student; the dynamics of this triangle become complex and interesting and unpredictable. All the girls have key roles in this movie which stayed mesmerizing till the very end which was a perfect end.
The photography was superb with ethereal scenes of the countryside and the girls diving in the lake during P.E. and the school itself with its foreboding yet enchanting rooms and nooks and crannies.
Both of us gave this movie a 10. Its a video rental.
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