BFI at Home | Falling Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and Lance Henriksen

Viggo Mortensen and Lance Henriksen talk to film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith about Falling, Mortensen’s assured and deeply personal directorial debut. A powerful rumination on family and forgiveness, Falling tells the story of Willis (Henriksen), an elderly, conservative and cantankerous man, is grappling with the early stages of dementia and struggling to run his isolated farm in upstate New York. His son John (Mortensen), brings him to California to stay with him and his husband while they make long term plans for his care. During his stay, Willis's homophobic, xenophoic and misogynist tendencies are increasingly exacerbated by his memory loss, occasionally with humorous results, but primarily placing a painful strain on John as old wounds between him and his patriarchal father resurface. Falling is released in cinemas across the UK from 4th December, including BFI Southbank: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/art... and available to rent on BFI Player: https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Watch more on BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Like us on Facebook:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Instagram:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Twitter:   / bfi