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The Falls

  • 7.0 /10

  • 62

  • 89%

Plot

After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.

Cast

Alyssa Chia as Pin-Wen Luo
Alyssa Chia

as Pin-Wen Luo

Gingle Wang as Xiao Jing
Gingle Wang

as Xiao Jing

Chen Yi-wen as Supermarket Manager Chen
Chen Yi-wen

as Supermarket Manager Chen

Lee Lee-Zen as Qi-Wen Wang
Lee Lee-Zen

as Qi-Wen Wang

Liang-Tso Liu as Building Manager
Liang-Tso Liu

as Building Manager

Yang Li-Yin as Auntie Cai
Yang Li-Yin

as Auntie Cai

Shau-Ching Sung as Director Chen
Shau-Ching Sung

as Director Chen

Waa Wei as Ru-Xuan
Waa Wei

as Ru-Xuan

Hsu Wei-Ning as Doctor Chen
Hsu Wei-Ning

as Doctor Chen

Michael Chang as ER Doctor
Michael Chang

as ER Doctor

Movie Facts

Rated

  • N/A

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • October 29, 2021

Production Companies

  • MandarinVision

  • Cream Film Production

  • Oxygen Film Studio

  • Sky Films Entertainment

  • 3 Ng Film

  • Sony Pictures International Productions

  • Taipei Film Commission

Production Countries

  • Taiwan

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • 普通话

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 2.15 hrs

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Reviews

A rather creative, and highly spiritual twist on coming of age films. The 18-year old protagonist has life's hard lesson thrust upon her: Sometimes we create our situation, and sometimes, the Universe throws us what seems to be outrageous fortunes. Regardless of how it happens, we are always exactly where we are supposed to be. Maybe not as accomplished as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring, y…

The Falls portrays the stillness of the COVID-19 era through the quiet disintegration and slow healing of a mother and daughter trapped together in isolation. Pin Wen and Xiao Jing’s strained relationship unravels as silence becomes heavier than words, revealing how confinement turns a home into both a cage and a mirror. Through subtle performances and poetic symbolism — the blue tarp, the waterf…