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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

Categories

Fiction

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

Sales Company

HanWay Films

8 Basing Street
London
W11 1ET

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