FALLING (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book), Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Laura Linney (Kinsey), Hannah Gross (Joker), Terry Chen (Almost Famous), Piers Bijvoet (film debut), Ella Jonas Farlinger (What We Have), Bracken Burns (Inner Quest), Gabby Velis (film debut), William Healy (Crimson Peak), Etienne Kellici (Ready or Not), Grady McKenzie (film debut), Sverrir Gudnason (Borg vs. McEnroe), Ava Kozelj (film debut), Carina Battrick (Feel the Beat)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Viggo Mortensen (film debut), director, writer, producer, composer; Daniel Bekerman (The Witch) and Chris Curling (The Keeper), producers; Marcel Zyskind (The Two Faces of January), cinematographer; Ronald Sanders (A History of Violence), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

John Peterson (Mortensen) lives with his partner Eric (Chen) in California, far away from the rural life he left behind. However, he is forced to confront his past when his elderly and fiercely conservative father Willis (Henriksen), who has been living alone on the farm that John grew up on, travels to stay with John and his family for an indeterminate amount of time…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Aside from starring alongside character actor Lance Henriksen, Viggo Mortensen also makes his directorial debut with an intimate drama about a heated but ultimately endearing father-son relationship.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2020 (IN CINEMAS)

 

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