Ridley Scott's daughter (and Tony Scott's niece) Jordan Scott makes her feature debut with this, one of the duds of the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. Though, fortunately, it's at least unintentionally funny and could wind up with a kind of demented cult following. Based on a novel by Sheila Kohler, the film takes place in the 1930s at a girls' school. Di (Juno Temple) is a "team captain," in charge of a group of girls, and worships her teacher Miss G (Eva Green), who has organized a diving team.
Everything changes when a spoiled Spanish girl, Fiamma (Maria Valverde) turns up, challenges Di's authority, and captures Miss G's attention. It turns into a high-pitched, hysterical power play with lots of glowering and glaring and lesbian lust. Out of all this ridiculousness, however, comes one promising actress, a 20 year-old blonde beauty with an unfortunate name: Imogen Poots. Director Scott rarely focuses on her, but she still manages to pop out of every scene. I imagine you will be hearing more from her.
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