Themes: Suburban Dysfunction, Haunted By the Past, Families in Crisis
Main Cast: Miranda Richardson, Callum Keith Rennie, Katharine Isabelle, Kristin Adams, Monte Gagne
Release Year: 2003
Country: CA
Run Time: 109 minutes
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Kett Turton - Tom; Mark McKinney - Ron Shelman; Ingrid Nilson - Stella
Credit
Iain Reynolds - Art Director, Coreen Mayrs - Casting, Brenda McCormick - Casting, Alain de la Mata - Co-producer, Brenda Shehner - Costume Designer, Jason Furukawa - First Assistant Director, Scott Smith - Director, Rob Gray - Second Unit Director, Reginald Harkema - Editor, Kevin DeWalt - Executive Producer, Ken Whiteley - Composer (Music Score), Rob Gray - Production Designer, Gregory Middleton - Cinematographer, Robin Cass - Producer, Christina Kuhnigk - Set Designer, Lou Solakofski - Sound/Sound Designer, Steph Carrier - Sound/Sound Designer, Graham Jones - Sound/Sound Designer, Steven Hammond - Sound/Sound Designer, Jane Tattersall - Sound Editor, David McCallum - Sound Editor, Warren St. Onge - Sound Editor, David Rose - Sound Editor, Ronayne Higginson - Sound Editor, Esta Spalding - Screenwriter, Barbara Gowdy - Book Author
