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The Awakening (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), June 2010 (Production), 11 November 2011 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Director: Nick Murphy

Synopsis: Supernatural thriller. In the 1921, a London-based debunker of paranormal phenomena agrees to visit a remote school in the north of England where some boys have allegedly been frightened to death by a ghost, of which there is certain photographic evidence. Her investigation leads her into a realm of mystery and haunting, and she finds her own past has some bearing on the situation at the school.

Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Subjects:
Ghosts, Boarding schools
Releases
Date: 11 November 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 106 mins 32 secs - Length: 9588 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Date: 11 November 2011Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 106 mins 32 secs - Dialogue (original): English