First up is Viggo Morternsen's writing/directing debut film 'Falling', which explores LGBTQ issues and sits in dialogue with our exhibition From Here To Eternity. Sunil Gupta. A Retrospective. As a bonus addition to the film, late last year, in socially distanced conditions, we were able to bring Viggo Mortensen and Sunil Gupta together for a very special conversation about the film and the points of connection between both of their works.
You can watch this conversation below and also go to TPG X Modern Films screening room to access 'Falling' for £9.99.
In Conversation... Sunil Gupta and Viggo Morternsen
FALLING Drama | English | 112 min
John (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. John's father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. Willis is in the early stages of dementia, making running the farm on his own increasingly difficult, so John brings him to stay at his California home so that he and his sister Sarah (Linney) might help him find a place near them to relocate to. Unfortunately, their best intentions ultimately run up against Willis’s adamant refusal to change his way of life in the slightest.
DIRECTOR/WRITER: Viggo Mortensen
CAST: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason & Hannah Gross