Viggo Mortensen does it all in his directing debut Falling Writer/producer/director/scorer also stars in this graceful tale of a gay man trying to reconcile with his father
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: Feb 05, 2021 • February 9, 2021 • 1 minute read • Lance Henriksen and Viggo Mortensen play father and son in Falling. Photo by Mongrel Media
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Viggo Mortensen seems to have pulled a Clint Eastwood with
Falling. Not only is the film his directing debut; he wrote, produced, scored and stars as John Peterson, a gay man whose ageing father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), is suffering from dementia. John hosts his dad on a visit to California, where the old man is looking for a new place to live.