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The Falls

A Window on Asian Cinema

Family · Women · Impaired · Disaste · Psychology

CountryTaiwan
Production Year2021
Running Time130min
FormatDCP
ColorColor

Program Note

Single mom Pin-Wen is a capable career woman who lives with her teenage daughter, Xiao Jing. On the day Pin-Wen is informed of a salary cut due to the company’s worsening circumstances, she receives a call from Xiao Jing during a meeting. When Xiao Jing is forced to quarantine after her classmate tests positive for coronavirus, Pin-Wen stays home with her at her company’s request. Their already strained relationship worsens, as Xiao Jing’s behavior become even more hostile and abnormal. Eventually, Pin-Wen turns to her ex-husband Qi-Wen for help. Taiwanese auteur Chung Mong-Hong meticulously designs the economic, social, and mental crises faced by ordinary individuals in the COVID era, and looks at the mother-daughter duo with an affectionate gaze as they overcome their crises. Also noteworthy is the chemistry between Alyssa Chia and Gingle Wang, who rose to fame through the film Detention (2019). The Falls was invited to the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival and the Special Presentation section of the Toronto Film Festival. (PARK Sun Young)

Director

CHUNG Mong-Hong

Screenwriter and director Chung Mong-Hong was born in 1965 in Ping-Tong county of Taiwan. He trained in Computer Engineering at National Chao Tung University and received his MFA in Filmmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2006, he made his debut with the poignant documentary The Doctor (2006), drawing attention by directing feature films such as Parking (2008), The Fourth Portrait (2010), Soul (2013), Godspeed (2016), and A Sun (2019). His films were widely screened at film festivals including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, Busan, and Tokyo.

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