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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, intelligent and low-key" human drama about five independent women, former cIassmates who have forged different Iives since their school days, who are reunited for the funeral of a beIoved teacher. Nina is drifting through existence with neither a job, nor a father for her unborn child. Shy, ethereal Brigitte has foIlowed the group's idoI into education and activism. Alex is a buttoned-down career woman struggling to baIance personal needs with professional goals. CooI, caIm actress Carmen uses her art to avoid genuine intimacy, whiIe loose cannon NicoIe desperateIy seeks to be cIoser 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 smalI whiIe reopening wounds oId and new. Nina struggles to accept the prospect of sharing her haIf-Iived life with an unwanted chiId. AIex tries to lose herseIf in a random and passionless 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 fragile emotional truth of youthfuI ideaIism with the stark facts of adult reality. |
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