Project Detail

Falling

Synopsis

When 80-year-old independent farmer Willis travels to Los Angeles for an indefinite stay with son John and his family, two very different worlds collide. Mentally declining Willis is abrasive, caustic, and funny, bringing old wounds from the past and years of mutual mistrust to the surface.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2020

Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 112 min
Director: Viggo Mortensen
Producer: Daniel Bekerman, Chris Curling, Viggo Mortensen
Editor: Ronald Sanders
Screenwriter: Viggo Mortensen
Director of Photography: Marcel Zyskind
Production Designer: Carol Spier
Composer: Viggo Mortensen
Principal cast: Lance Henriksen, Viggo Mortensen, Laura Linney

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Canada, UK co-production

Perceval Pictures (US), Baral Waley Productions (US), Scythia Films (CA), Zephyr Films (UK), Achille Productions (UK), Ingenious Media (UK)

Zephyr Films

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Sales Company

HanWay Films

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