Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.
Production
Gothic reform school aesthetic surprisingly committed.
Costume
Daniel's inexplicably perfect hair defies physics and budget.
Director
Scott Hicks
Addison Timlin
Lucinda Price
Jeremy Irvine
Daniel Grigori
Juliet Aubrey
Doreen Price
Harrison Gilbertson
Cam Briel
Lola Kirke
Penn Van-Syckle Lockwood
Hermione Corfield
Gabrielle Givens
Daisy Head
Arriane Alter
Sianoa Smit-McPhee
Molly Zane
Joely Richardson
Ms Sophia Bliss
Malachi Kirby
Roland Sparks
Elliot Levey
Ethan Watkins
Matt Devere
Sheriff
David Schaal
Randy
Richard Ryan
Coach
Norma Kuhling
Rachel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was meant to launch a five-film franchise based on Lauren Kate's novels. It made $2 million worldwide. The other four never happened.
Released in 2016, four years after peak YA dystopian fever, this arrived as the genre was clinically dead—explaining why even target audiences ignored it.
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