Falling Falling

Viggo Mortensen / Canada, United Kingdom / 2020 / 112 min

John Petersen lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. His father Willis is a farmer whose attitudes and behaviour belong to a far more traditional era. When Willis travels to Los Angeles for an indefinite stay with John’s family, the two very different worlds collide. Directorial debut by Viggo Mortensen.

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The DVD of the film is available in our Bookshop. (List of available DVDs in Slovene only)

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“The actor turned writer-director has made a beautifully controlled drama about age, memory and forgiveness.”
- The Wrap

Friday, 09. 10. 2020

Falling: Q & A with the director and actor

At the premiere of Falling on 8 October we were joined by Viggo Mortensen and Lance Henriksen via Skype. The two screen icons took us through the making of the film. The recording of this remarkable conversation is available in the news item.

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