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Hans Herbots

Falling

105' - 2001 - Drama, Romance, Family - Dialogue: Dutch, English
Director: Hans Herbots Composer: Praga Khan With: Lee Williams, Alice Krige, Angela Bettis, Jill Clayburgh, Koen De Bouw, Wouter Hendrickx, Lydia Chagoll
Lucas travels with his mother to the South of France to the home of her birth. There he renews his friendship with Caitlin, staying at the convent next door. When their friendship develops into love, Caitlin reveals dark secrets of Lucas’ grandfather, who betrayed a group of Jewish children during World War II, leading to the death of both children and the nuns of the convent. Meanwhile, at a small town nearby, racial tension is mounting against a group of foreign refugees and Lucas finds himself under the spell of Benoit, a smooth talking extremist who draws him into violent actions. Lucas and Caitlin are falling in love, but this love is threatened by a tragic event as well as by the dramatic echo of his grandfather’s shameful past.

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Credits

Director

Hans Herbots

Composer

Praga Khan

With

Lee Williams, Alice Krige, Angela Bettis, Jill Clayburgh, Koen De Bouw, Wouter Hendrickx, Lydia Chagoll

Scenario

Hans Herbots, John-Paul Chapple

Director of Photography

Renaat Lambeets

Editor

Els Voorspoels

Producer

Tharsi Vanhuysse

More information

Dialogue

Dutch, English

Countries of production

Belgium

Screenplay based on

Vallen (Anne Provoost)

Year

2001

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