The Falls

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The Falls

2021

2h 9m

Drama

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

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

Jan 29, 2022

By the nature of streaming algorithms and content dumps, "The Falls" might go criminally under the radar but will profoundly surprise those who cross its uncanny sights.

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Katie Liggera

Cultured Vultures

Feb 4, 2022

8/10

Anchored by phenomenal acting, iThe Falls/i is a nuanced pandemic-set film, with tonal shifts that offer surprises at every turn.

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John Lui

The Straits Times (Singapore)

Feb 3, 2022

4/5

This moving, often harrowing drama features strong performances from Chia and Wang as the mother and daughter trying to come to terms with each other's issues.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Dec 30, 2021

7/10

"The Falls" proves once more the rather high cinematic level Chung Mong-hong currently resides on, in one of the best films of the year.

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Nathaniel Rogers

The Film Experience

Nov 2, 2021

C

is one could lose a whole 30 [minutes] and be a significantly more potent mother/daughter drama. Despite ample merits I began to fear it would never end.

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Rosa Parra

Latinx Lens

Oct 12, 2021

4.5/5

This is an intimate, relatable, and engaging look at the relationship between a mother and her daughter...carried wonderfully by the stellar performances of the two leads.

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@RT14704568 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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geng qi z

@RT81404352 Sep 29, 2024

a warm movie. touching story

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Andrew H H

@RT20067623 Sep 1, 2023

Such an empathic, elegant film. Chung Mong Hong has done it, again. Amazing.

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Synopsis

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

Director: Mong-Hong Chung
Producer: Shih-hao Chao
Screenwriter: Mong-Hong Chung
Production Co: Sunnano Biotech, Oxygen Film Studio, 3 Ng Film, Mirror Fiction, Bossdom Digiinnovation Group, Sky Films Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2022
Runtime: 2h 9m

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