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The Awakening

Nick MURPHY

UK2011 106min D-Cinema Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

In 1921, a post-war England, haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence is committed to debunking supernatural claims, using methodical and rational explanations. When she is asked to visit a boarding school in the countryside called Rookwood - to investigate the alleged sightings of a ghostly young boy - she feels compelled to take the job.

Diretor

Nick MURPHY

He studied Performing Arts at university. In 2008 Nick directed what one might term his first ‘straight" drama, the hit series Primeval. He shoot his first feature, Awakening in 2010 and post production concluded in early this year. Nick is now working on his second feature, Blood, again for BBC Films.