The Falls (2021)

6.6 ? Oct 29, 2021 2h 9m

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Overview

After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.

Overview

After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.

Genres

Drama

Release Date

October 29, 2021

Rating

6.6 /10

Runtime

2h 9m

Official Trailer from YouTube

Alyssa Chia

Pin-Wen Luo

Gingle Wang

Xiao Jing

Chen Yi-wen

Supermarket Manager Chen

Lee Lee-Zen

Qi-Wen Wang

Liang-Tso Liu

Building Manager

Yang Li-Yin

Auntie Cai

Shau-Ching Sung

Director Chen

Waa Wei

Ru-Xuan

Hsu Wei-Ning

Doctor Chen

Michael Chang

ER Doctor

Liu Kuan-ting

Sanke-catching Fireman 1

Huang Hsin-Yao

Supermarket Expert

Lin Chiao-yuan

Xiao Jing's bestfriend

badelf

8.0/10

Apr 29, 2023

A rather creative, and highly spiritual twist on coming of age films. The 18-year old protagonist has life's hard lesson thrust upon her: Sometimes we create our situation, and sometimes, the Universe throws us what seems to be outrageous fortunes. Regardless of how it happens, we are always exactly where we are supposed to be. Maybe not as accomplished as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring, yet, it's very well acted.

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Alunauwie

8.0/10

Nov 11, 2025

The Falls portrays the stillness of the COVID-19 era through the quiet disintegration and slow healing of a mother and daughter trapped together in isolation. Pin Wen and Xiao Jing’s strained relationship unravels as silence becomes heavier than words, revealing how confinement turns a home into both a cage and a mirror. Through subtle performances and poetic symbolism — the blue tarp, the waterfall, the return of sunlight — the film transforms grief into quiet resilience. It’s not a story of survival, but of rediscovery — showing that sometimes, we must fall before we can stand again. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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