82 minutes – Horror
Release date: April 6, 2012
Canadian Distributor: Alliance Films
The Moth Diaries is based on the 2002 debut novel of Rachel Klein. It tells the chilling story of Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young girl who, haunted by her father`s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, Rebecca`s friendship with the popular Lucy (Sarah Gadon) is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa (Lily Cole). Lucy falls under Ernessa`s spell and becomes emotionally and physically consumed by her glamorous new friend. Rebecca, whose overtures of concern are rejected by Lucy, finds herself lost and confused. She begins to develop a crush on her handsome English teacher, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman) and immerses herself in the Gothic vampire novel Carilla for his class. Rebecca starts to suspect that Ernessa is a vampire, but, despite the suspicious deaths that begin to occur, her fears are treated as simple girlish jealousy. As the bodies of young girls pile up and the line between reality and the supernatural starts to blur, Rebecca decides to take matters into her own hands and get rid of Ernessa. Who can say what is real and what is unreal to the heart consumed by passion and a mind afire with loss?
Karin Martin
Sandra Cunningham
Jean-François Doray
Norton Herrick
Zygi Kamasa
Jon Katz
Louis-Simon Ménard
Edward R. Pressman
Sarah Ramey
Mark Slone
Ronald Gilbert
Ronald Gilbert
Rachel Klein
Declan Quinn
Andrew Marcus
Lesley Barber
Lily Cole
Scott Speedman
Sarah Bolger
Sarah Gadon
Anne Day-Jones
Valerie Tian
Melissa Farman
Judy Parfitt
Zina Anaplioti
Deena Aziz
Laurence Hamelin
Gia Sandhu
Ernessa
Mr. Davies
Rebecca
Lucie
Rebecca’s mother
Charlie
Dora
Miss Rood
Cute Girl
Dr. Olivio
Sofia
Kiki
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