Falling Angels (2003)

Falling Angels (2003)
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Canadian filmmaker Scott Smith directs the black comedy Falling Angels, based on the novel by Barbara Gowdy and adapted for the screen by poet and author Esta Spalding. Set in the late '60s and filmed on-location in Saskatchewan, this dark family drama focuses on the three teenaged daughters of the Field household. Callum Keith Rennie plays Jim Field, the loud-mouthed, domineering patriarch who has intimidated his wife Mary (Miranda Richardson) into a catatonic state of alcoholism and depression. Norma (Monté Gagné) is the oldest, most responsible daughter; she is overburdened and preoccupied by events from the past. Middle child Lou (Katharine Isabelle) chooses the rebellious path in order to escape her father's unreasonable demands. Youngest daughter Sandy (Kristin Adams) aspires to maximum femininity, engaging in an affair with an older, married man (Mark McKinney) in the process. Falling Angels was shown at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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Starring:
Miranda RichardsonCallum Keith Rennie, (more)
Director(s):
Scott Smith
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Synopsis of Falling Angels

Canadian filmmaker Scott Smith directs the black comedy Falling Angels, based on the novel by Barbara Gowdy and adapted for the screen by poet and author Esta Spalding. Set in the late '60s and filmed on-location in Saskatchewan, this dark family drama focuses on the three teenaged daughters of the Field household. Callum Keith Rennie plays Jim Field, the loud-mouthed, domineering patriarch who has intimidated his wife Mary (Miranda Richardson) into a catatonic state of alcoholism and depression. Norma (Monté Gagné) is the oldest, most responsible daughter; she is overburdened and preoccupied by events from the past. Middle child Lou (Katharine Isabelle) chooses the rebellious path in order to escape her father's unreasonable demands. Youngest daughter Sandy (Kristin Adams) aspires to maximum femininity, engaging in an affair with an older, married man (Mark McKinney) in the process. Falling Angels was shown at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
109 mins

Complete Cast of Falling Angels


Director(s):
Scott Smith
Writer(s):
Esta Spalding
Producer(s):
Robin Cass
Falling Angels Awards:
  • 2003 - Genie Awards - Best Art Direction/Production Design
  • 2003 - Genie Awards - Best Song
  • 2003 - Genie Awards - Best Art Direction/Production Design
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Tom S.

What might be a depressing story of damaged teen girls raised by alcoholic parents is a really a well choreographed tale of self-realization and redemption. Not a film for someone wanting simple entertainment, this film is a dark look at survival, growth and continued hope as these girls explore their world and begin to make choices. We ask, will they repeat the mistakes of their parents, or will they make new ones. Every day you live is a success story ... Nicely cut, directed and acted. Worth a second look.

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James V.

Canada in the 1950s is brought back with a small jolt--and humor, sadness and charm--via FALLING ANGELS, in which the excellent Miranda Richardson plays a depressed mom to her brood of three daughters and screwed-up hubby (one of Canada's premier actors, Callum Keith Rennie). Well directed by Scott Smith and co-written (from her novel) by Barbara Gowdy, the movie is elliptical and a bit jagged but slowly all its pieces coalesce into a full, satisfying whole. Canada is often made fun of by Americans for its quiet pace and less than blockbusting breakthroughs. Well, we could learn a lot from their artists--who seem to intuitively know how to look at life and then arrange it into discernable chunks of time, ideas and circumstance. This is another of the fine films released via the relatively new Film Movement group, whose record for winners against losers is among the best in the business. (Mind you: this is for viewers who want more than car chases, pseudo sex and dumb laughs.)

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Carmella L.

This is not just a coming of age movie but a movie with characters you can relate to (adolescent and adult alike). Gives you lots to think about in retrospect. Ending leaves more to be desired but definitely a movie worth watching.

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