“Love. Beauty. Wealth. Eternity.”
Beckett Warner is already struggling with grief when her life takes a stranger turn after her mother’s death. At school, she begins to suspect that the women in charge are hiding a deadly secret tied to their endless youth. What starts as private sorrow becomes a fight to understand the rules of a world that looks polished on the surface and rotten underneath. The story moves between loss, fear and the uneasy pull of temptation.
The film was made in the United States and runs 96 minutes. Beckett is the central figure, carrying the story as she faces the people around her and tries to make sense of what is happening. The cast is led by a group of women whose characters shape the school’s unsettling atmosphere and keep Beckett under pressure. The result is a comedy-drama with fantasy, horror and mystery elements that keeps shifting between innocence and threat.
Set around a school environment, the film uses youth, beauty and control as part of its uneasy mood. It draws on fairy-tale imagery while keeping the tone disheartening and tense, with grief and memory lingering beneath the surface. The mix of wonder and menace gives the story a darkly playful edge that never lets go of its emotional core.
The film was made in the United States and runs 96 minutes. Beckett is the central figure, carrying the story as she faces the people around her and tries to make sense of what is happening. The cast is led by a group of women whose characters shape the school’s unsettling atmosphere and keep Beckett under pressure. The result is a comedy-drama with fantasy, horror and mystery elements that keeps shifting between innocence and threat.
Set around a school environment, the film uses youth, beauty and control as part of its uneasy mood. It draws on fairy-tale imagery while keeping the tone disheartening and tense, with grief and memory lingering beneath the surface. The mix of wonder and menace gives the story a darkly playful edge that never lets go of its emotional core.
Reviews
4 / 10