Cracks - 2009 * * *

This was a very strange movie. Eva Green was certainly the highlight giving a stupendous performance as 'Miss G', the spontaneously and mysteriously exotic teacher at a prestigeous girl's school in 1930s Britain who is idolised (somewhat romantically) by the popular clique of girls. However the arrival of a foreign student Fiamma disrupts both the girls and the feelings of Miss G,but in different ways. Juno Temple is also excellent as Di, the conniving captain of the swimming team, who, after realising that Miss G's affections are wandering from her, resorts to any action possible to rid the school of the new visitor. The subtle lesbian undertones make this film especially dark and eerie, contrasting the wide and open spaces where the film is shot, a bizarre but worth watching film.