Tanner Hall
Short description
Tanner Hall is a 2011 American drama set at an elite all-girls boarding school in New England. Four students navigate their final year: Fernanda, the responsible and studious one; Kate, confident and adventurous; Lucasta, less traditionally feminine than her classmates; and Victoria, a manipulative newcomer who was once Fernanda's childhood friend before a falling-out. Victoria quickly charms Fernanda's closest friends and turns each of them to her own purposes, unsettling the group's loyalties. Meanwhile, the girls confront the complications of growing up, including romantic entanglements—Fernanda with an older man, Gio, and Kate with a member of the school staff. In this English-language drama, the arrival of Victoria brings the tensions among the four friends to the surface.
The film was directed by Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Fürstenberg, who also wrote the screenplay together and produced it with Julie Snyder. It was the first feature Gregorini directed, followed by The Truth About Emanuel in 2013 and Hurricanna in 2025. Rooney Mara plays Fernanda, Georgia King plays Victoria, Brie Larson plays Kate, and Amy Ferguson plays Lucasta, with Tom Everett Scott as Gio and Amy Sedaris as Mrs. Middlewood among the 27 credited cast members. Produced by Voltage Pictures with a runtime of 96 minutes, it earned a 3.9 out of 10 from 19 critics' reviews, while audiences on TMDB rate it 5.6 out of 10 from around 130 votes—both modest, with critics the harsher of the two.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director and screenwriter Tatiana von Fürstenberg copied Fernanda's wardrobe from her own clothes, so actress Rooney Mara even wore her shoes on set. For several days, they both dressed practically identically. Once, they both arrived on set in yellow dresses, thick leggings, and shoes of almost the same color with high heels.
- When Rooney Mara was cast in this film, she was still known as Trish Mara. It was at the suggestion of other actors and the creators of 'Tanner Hall' that she adopted the professional pseudonym 'Rooney Mara'.
- When Rooney Mara was cast in the film, she still went by Trisha Mara. It was during filming that she began calling herself Rooney Mara, at the suggestion of the crew. For her role as Fernanda, the actress won the "Rising Star" award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2009.
- Rooney Mara initially auditioned for the supporting role of Lacasta, but her performance impressed director and screenwriter Tatiana von Fürstenberg so much that she asked the young actress to try out for the role of Fernanda and ultimately gave it to her.
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