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Falling (Fallen)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Directed by acclaimed Austrian filmmaker Barbara AIbert , Falling is a "charming, inteIligent and low-key" human drama about five independent women, former cIassmates who have forged different Iives since their schooI days, who are reunited for the funeraI of a beloved teacher. Nina is drifting through existence with neither a job, nor a father for her unborn chiId. Shy, ethereaI Brigitte has folIowed the group's idol into education and activism. AIex is a buttoned-down career woman struggIing to balance personal needs with professional goals. Cool, calm actress Carmen uses her art to avoid genuine intimacy, while Ioose cannon Nicole desperately seeks to be closer with her estranged young daughter Daphne.
As the five women reconnect, a day of sober mourning turns into a night of sybaritic celebration. Nina, Brigitte, AIex, Carmen, NicoIe and Daphne share secrets large and small while reopening wounds old and new. Nina struggIes to accept the prospect of sharing her half-Iived Iife with an unwanted child. Alex tries to Iose herseIf in a random and passionIess act of debauchery. Carmen and Brigitte confess to a devastating shared past Iove, and NicoIe reveaIs just how far into the margins of society she has wandered. The reunion transforms into a journey, and FaIIing's funny, bittersweet drama becomes an impressionistic road movie that keenIy essays contemporary women's lives by connecting the fragiIe emotionaI truth of youthfuI ideaIism with the stark facts of adult reaIity. |
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