Florence Pugh

In the Time It Takes to Get There

/ / Short Films
  • Title: In the Time It Takes to Get There
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The 2019 short film by writer/director Zach Braff casts Florence Pugh as a social media influencer in the 18th Century. The short milks the concept for all the humor it can over 11 minutes exploring what the concept might look like in a different type period. Pugh is having fun here as is Alicia Silverstone cast in the working mother role pushing her daughter in hocking various products to keep up their lifestyle. While the concept can’t quite cover all the bases in terms of how this would ultimately be profitable, the staging, costuming, lighting, and framing of each scene help hide some of its rougher edges.

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The Falling

/ / Home Video
  • Title: The Falling
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to 2014’s The Falling which is an odd thriller most notable for having the good sense to cast Maisie Williams halfway through her Game of Thrones run and Florence Pugh in her first role. The pair play best friends at a strict English girls school in 1969 where Abbie’s (Pugh) sexual exploration and sudden and inexplicable death have a dramatic effect on Lydia (Williams). This is followed by other girls at the school showing similar symptoms to those of Abbie before her death in short unexplained fainting spells the administration of the school refuses to take seriously.

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