The story takes place in England in 1921, and the defeat experienced in World War I has enveloped a depressive and painful atmosphere throughout the country.
Florence (Rebecca Hall played by Rebecca Hall) is a ghost hunter and writer. With a strong sense of justice, she regards debunking lies and revealing the truth as her own duty. She does not believe that there are ghosts in the world, and only sinister hearts exist. In a boarding school for men, there are rumors of haunting. In people's mouth, the ghost of a boy who died abnormally lingers on the campus all day long and refuses to leave. In order to dispel the fear of students and parents, the school commissioned history teacher Robert to find Florence to help investigate.
Florence learned that this was originally a private residence, and a little boy died in the big family. She quickly started work, and the truth of the incident gradually emerged. It turned out to be a prank by a boy covering his face. And just when she thought the problem was solved and was about to leave, she found that there were characters and props in the original empty miniature of the big house, which reproduced her previous behavior in each room, and the photos taken afterwards showed ghosts. . Florence discovers that the little boy ghost Tom (Isaac Hempstead-White) is his brother who died when he was young. And this is where I lived in my childhood. She finally remembered the murder of her childhood: the patriarchal father had an illegitimate child with the housekeeper because her mother gave birth to her. The father shot and killed her mother in front of Florence, and killed her younger brother by mistake while chasing Florence, so he drank bombs. Suicide. The housekeeper then became Maud, the housekeeper of the boarding school. She hoped Florence could stay here forever to accompany Tom and poisoned her alcohol, but Tom found an antidote to save her. Maud is dead, Florence has untied her heart, she can no longer see the ghosts of Maud and Tom, and starts a new life with Robert. The little boy Tom (Isaac Hempstead-White) is so handsome. The sudden appearance of a distorted face is still quite scary. Ghosts can be materialized and can take things.
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