In a roundabout Jane Austin-meets-St-Trinians way, Cracks, newcomer Jordan Scott’s debut feature film, focuses on perspectives of young teenage girls who have to cope with being sent away to a private all-girls boarding school in 1930s England.

Cracks relies heavily on its wonderfully mood-affecting props and scenery to paint a dismal picture and it succeeds beautifully; the art direction is both engaging and provoking. Eva Green is incredible as the wrought, unstable and possibly schizophrenic Miss G while all the girls step into their slightly stereotypically-written roles. But it’s Imogen Poots who stands out as a girl that’s forced to abandon her mollycoddling childlike attitude and find inner strength – and inner evil – to deal with the reality she is faced with. The story is predictable but entirely engaging all the same; if you’re not gripping the armrest by halftime, if your eyes haven’t misted in the final half hour, well what can we say, you probably never laughed at St Trinians either.