The Moth Diaries (2011)

Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?

Director:

Mary Harron

Writers:

Rachel Klein (novel), Mary Harron (screenplay)

Stars:

Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Bolger	...	Rebecca
Anne Day-Jones	...	Rebecca's Mother
Sarah Gadon	...	Lucy
Valerie Tian	...	Charley
Melissa Farman	...	Dora
Laurence Hamelin	...	Sofia
Kathleen Fee	...	Miss Bobbie
Gia Sandhu	...	Kiki
Lily Cole	...	Ernessa
Judy Parfitt	...	Mrs. Rood
Scott Speedman	...	Mr. Davies
Julian Casey	...	Rebecca's Father
Steffi Hagel	...	Young Rebecca
Leif Anderson	...	Policeman
Roxan Bourdelais	...	Sofia's Boyfriend

Storyline

Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?

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Plot Keywords:

boarding school | sex with schoolgirl | reference to dracula | female vampire | flashback | 

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Taglines:

Every girl has her secrets.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some bloody images, sexuality, drug use and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Canada USA Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2012 (United Arab Emirates)

Also Known As:

Internat

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,276, 22 April 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,838, 29 April 2012

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward R. Pressman Film, Media Max Productions, Mediabiz International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The novel studied in Mr Davies' class is "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu. The illustrations seen in the film are by David Henry Friston who illustrated the story when it appeared in serial form in "The Dark Blue", a London literary magazine of the 1870s.

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Quotes

Rebecca: You're wrong. The good things I remember about my father - the walks we took, the fairy tales he read to me - they all really happened.
Ernessa: He read you other fairy tales that you forgot.
[singing]
Ernessa: # My mother, she butchered me. My father, he ate me. My sister, little Anne-Marie, she gathered up the bones of me, and tied them in a silken cloth to lay under the juniper. Tweet, tweet, what a pretty bird am I! #

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Soundtracks

Blow Away
Written by Lukas Burton and Alison Sudol
Performed by Alison Sudol (as A Fine Frenzy)
Licensed courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd
Published by WB Music Corp./Ampstar Music/Wowch Music (BMI)
All rights on behalf of itself and Ampstar Music
Administered by WB Music Corp. All rights reserved

User Reviews

Simply don't bother.

This is a movie you are very likely to forget, a week after you have seen it. I wouldn't exactly call it one of the worst genre movies ever made but it still is one that is lacking a whole bunch of things.

The way the horror and whole mystery of the movie gets presented is disappointing, to say the very least about it. It's lacking a good buildup and the movie does a poor job at explaining everything and to let stuff make sense. Really, when looking back at this movie, nothing really makes enough sense, which only adds to the redundant impression that the overall movie is making.

You can't even really this a horror but I also don't think that this was the approach they were heading for. They went for a more quiet and humble approach, which was supposed to add to the movie its mystery. But the story just isn't ever interesting or original enough to carry the movie through. As a viewer you will already figure things out before the characters in this movie will, which is always an annoying aspect about genre movies, such as this one.

Another big reason why the movie just doesn't ever work out is its pacing. The movie really has some bad editing in it and at times it even feels like scenes are completely missing. Things often happen too fast ever each other and there just isn't ever a natural flow to any of it. It feels almost as if this movie got shot in a hurry and got put together in a couple of days, in the editing room. It does feel a bit like an incomplete movie.

Thing that I did like about it was the fact that it featured an all girl cast. It's set at a boarding school for girls. It gives the movie already a special sort of atmosphere and the way the girls interact with each other feels genuine. I'm also confident about it that women will like this movie better than men, since some of its themes should be recognizable to most.

It still is a movie you simply shouldn't bother with. It's not exciting, it's not mysterious, it's not surprising, not scary, not particularly pleasant. It basically has far too little to offer to anyone.

5/10

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