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Original title

Falling Angels

Year

2003

Running time

109 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Scott Smith

Screenwriter

Esta Spalding. Novel: Barbara Gowdy

Cast

Music

Ken Whiteley

Cinematography

Gregory Middleton

Producer

Co-production Canada-France;

Minds Eye Pictures, Triptych Media, Wild Bunch. Distributor: Film Movement

Genre

Drama | Family Relationships

Synopsis

The Fields are not quite like other families. Dad Jim is a washed-up car salesman, a petty tyrant and dangerous fantasist. Mary, his beautiful, dipsomaniac faded rose of a wife divides her waking hours between couch and bathtub, sinking endless mugs of 'coffee' and dreaming hazily of the day when she can get herself together enough to ''take the show on the road'' again. In their damaged, desperate way, Jim and Mary Field are still in love. And they share a terrible secret. Trapped in this chaotic, crazy household, beset by adolescence in all its raging hormonal glory, the three daughters struggle to survive as well as they can. Norma, the eldest, overweight and lonely, battles to hold the family together. Razor-sharp Lou is the troubled, wisecracking rebel, sustained by her hatred of Jim and her dreams of revenge. And Sandy, the youngest, beautiful, needy and vulnerable, seeks love wherever she can.

Awards: 2003: Genie Awards (Canada): 2 awards. 6 nominations

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