Lance Henriksen stars as Viggo Mortensen's difficult father in the latter's directing debut, 'Falling.' FALLING finds Viggo Mortensen attempting to pay tribute to his parents with a complicated father-son drama but it’s overlong, lacking in sensitivity & a slog to get through. Januar 2020 beim Sundance Film Festival. Viggo Mortensen has long held my respect as an actor, and has now gained it as a director, writer (and music composer) too. Laura Linney spielt seine Schwester Sarah und Lance Henriksen ihren gemeinsamen Vater Willis Peterson. :D Falling is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Viggo Mortensen in his feature directorial debut. In 1984, Viggo Mortensen debuted as a Lieutenant in a George Washington miniseries. LOL - we expect nothing less from him. Since then, he’s portrayed a once and future king in the Tolkein universe, a father navigating the apocalypse, a Russian hitman, and a prejudiced personal driver. Es handelt sich bei Falling um das Regiedebüt von Viggo Mortensen, der auch das Drehbuch schrieb und die Rolle von John Peterson übernahm. Viggo's directorial debut looks like a good one. The film stars Mortensen as John Peterson, a gay man whose conservative and homophobic father Willis (Lance Henriksen) starts to exhibit symptoms of dementia, forcing him to sell the family farm and move to Los Angeles to live with John and his husband Eric (). Lance Henriksen & Mortensen deliver strong performances but I’m afraid it’s not enough to pick this falling film up. Lance Henriksen, now in his eighties, is better than ever, and I'm glad Viggo has given him a role worthy of his talent and acting range. John Petersen (Mortensen) lives with his partner Eric (Chan) and their adopted daughter Monica in Southern California. If there’s one word that comes to mind with Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut, “Falling,” it’s control.

Falling . Falling è un film del 2020 scritto e diretto da Viggo Mortensen, al suo debutto alla regia. Eine erste Vorstellung des Films erfolgte am 31. Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, and Terry Chen have joined the cast of Viggo Mortensen’s family drama “Falling.”. Falling is a tough film to watch, but one worth watching regardless. However, until now, he’s never directed. Lance Henriksen stars as Viggo Mortensen's difficult father in the latter's directing debut, 'Falling.' Academy Award® and BAFTA nominee actor Viggo Mortensen explores the fractures and contrasts that make up a modern family in his directorial debut, FALLING, an intimate drama about a son's relationship with his ageing father.

Jordan Raup January 31, 2020. Sundance Review: Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Falling is a Difficult Tale of Unreciprocated Familial Love.