Author(s): Juan
Location: Mexico
"Falling Angels"
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Screenplay by: Robin Swicord & Sofia Coppola
Music by: Rachel Portman
Cinematography by: Emmanuel Lubezki
Principal Cast:
Emma Thompson-Kitty Coleman
Emmy Rossum- Maude Coleman
Jena Malone- Lavinia “Livy” Waterhouse
Paul Dano- Simon Field
Miranda Richardson-Gertrude Coleman
Hugh Grant-John Jackson
Pierce Brosnan- Mr. Coleman
Maggie Smith- Edith Coleman
Tagline: "There’s something we always need to remember…the happy days"
Synopsis: An adaptation of the novel by Tracy Chevalier, “Falling Angels” tells us the story of three young friends whose lives were unexpectedly linked by a sincere friendship during an epoch of strong political and social changes in England
Maude Coleman is a smart girl with a sad lonely life; her mother is a though role model to follow because of her eccentric personality, these situation increases Maude’s sadness because she finds herself incapable of accomplishing the demanded expectations of the society she lives. When the Waterhouse move near her house her life changes completely; their oldest daughter, a sophisticated frivolous girl called Livy, surprisingly becomes her best friend. Both feel really attracted by the beauty of the angels that adorn the tombs in the local cemetery, that is why they visit it very often and make friends with the gravedigger’s son, a self-assured nice guy that joins their childish adventures and wakes unknown feelings for the girls.
Meanwhile, Kitty Coleman, Maude’s mother, tries really hard to escape from her boring lifestyle and her mother-in-law criticism, so she decides meeting Gertrude Waterhouse, who scandalizes about Kitty’s modern mentality and sadly realizes her life is totally mediocre. Kitty has an affair with John Jackson, the cemetery’s administrator; this romance brings consequences to the lives of the three friends because Simon discovers Mrs. Coleman’s secret and Livy seduces him to make him confess. Livy tries Mr. Coleman to know the truth about his wife, but she fails.
Maude witnesses her mother’s fight against traditional ideology and makes a big effort to understand her, but she only gets more confused and begins to see Livy as a social rival. After bringing some emotion to her life with her affair, Kitty decides joining the British Suffragette movement. Livy gets excited with Mrs. Coleman’s new adventure and convinces Maude of going with her to a chaotic meeting, where unfortunately her little sister dies.
Kitty consecrates totally to the Suffragette movement and stops caring about her family; she has finally found a relief to her boring lifestyle. Then, during another meeting organized by her, she has an accident and dies. After this, Maude spends all her time in consoling her father and planning her future as a College student with the support of her grandmother. In the other hand, the Waterhouse decide to move, separating Maude from her loved friend Livy, who is destined to become some rich man’s wife. Simon has to face his present and future as a gravedigger.
This is the story of three lives united by a pure feeling, that is always kept in our hearts, but that can die when we star to grow up.
What the press would say:
Why is a movie able to remain in our hearts? Because they are so powerful that can portray the essence of our feeling or just make us part of the life of someone we’d like to be. “Falling Angels” is destined to become one of those memorable films; its message of hope, friendship and beauty will touch the hearts of many people, make critics fall in love with it. After seeing this film you realize that hopes exist everywhere and it only requires an innocent heart to blossom.
The character of Maude is the center of the story, an innocent girl looking for love in the middle of a troubled society. This character is majestically played by Emmy Rossum, who is back in the spotlight after “The phantom of the opera”, this time she shows she doesn’t need to sing to impress, she totally nailed her character, and she captures the screen since the first moment. You can ignore such a performance; her look, gestures, walking and her well accomplished British accent make her work a career performance. She play a big spirit caged in a small person, she transmits that anxiousness of living but also a deep fear of growing up.
One curios thing about this film is that there are two powerful leading actresses. Emma Thompson plays Kitty, Maude’s mom, but she looks totally separated from her daughter; she is selfish and spend her entire life trying to escape from her boring life, she is the kind of women that are ahead to their time, she was born to transcend but she has a big problem, she has to play an static social role: the perfect housewife. Emma Thompson is brilliant, this character is a real challenge for her and the result is amazing, you can not imagine someone can suffer a lot having a perfect life before seeing her performance. Emmy Rossum and Emma Thompson play mother and daughter, both are great and both deserve AMPAS attention.
Continuing with the great performances in this film, we have to talk about Jena Malone and Paul Dano. Two young actors that give sparkling performances. The character played by Malone might seem easy for any actress, but the magic of her performance lies in the authenticity, she is frivolous, glamorous, capricious and dramatic in an extraordinary way, no one before had played this kind of character as well as Malone did, now we only have to wait to see her in the AMPAS nominees list. Paul Dano plays an innocent friendly character, the kind of friend everyone would love to have, her performance is a mix of ignorance, fear and hope, the perfect one to complete the trio of friends. Paul Dano is more mature in this film; his talent is big and in this film Sofia Coppola knew hoe to used it to create an iconic performance.
Sofia Coppola has created a master piece, apparently a very simple story but that has a deep message and the power of changing feelings. This is the first time the characters melt in Coppola’s hands, they are deep and unique, they are real. The cast delivers big acting; Pierce Brosnan, Miranda Richardson, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are the icon of a talented generation, and the idea of seeing them acting with young actors is amazing. The screenplay adaptation is smart, touching and respectful to the novel. This film will change Sofia Coppola’s career in a tremendous way, the AMPAS will have a new darling.
AWARDS FOR CONSIDERATION:
Best Picture
Best Director: Sofia Coppola
Actress in a leading role: Emma Thompson
Actress in a leading role: Emmy Rossum
Supporting actress: Jena Malone
Supporting actress: Miranda Richardson
Supporting actor: Paul Dano
Adapted Screenplay
Original Score
Costume Design
Art Direction
Cinematography
Location: Mexico
"Falling Angels"
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Screenplay by: Robin Swicord & Sofia Coppola
Music by: Rachel Portman
Cinematography by: Emmanuel Lubezki
Principal Cast:
Emma Thompson-Kitty Coleman
Emmy Rossum- Maude Coleman
Jena Malone- Lavinia “Livy” Waterhouse
Paul Dano- Simon Field
Miranda Richardson-Gertrude Coleman
Hugh Grant-John Jackson
Pierce Brosnan- Mr. Coleman
Maggie Smith- Edith Coleman
Tagline: "There’s something we always need to remember…the happy days"
Synopsis: An adaptation of the novel by Tracy Chevalier, “Falling Angels” tells us the story of three young friends whose lives were unexpectedly linked by a sincere friendship during an epoch of strong political and social changes in England
Maude Coleman is a smart girl with a sad lonely life; her mother is a though role model to follow because of her eccentric personality, these situation increases Maude’s sadness because she finds herself incapable of accomplishing the demanded expectations of the society she lives. When the Waterhouse move near her house her life changes completely; their oldest daughter, a sophisticated frivolous girl called Livy, surprisingly becomes her best friend. Both feel really attracted by the beauty of the angels that adorn the tombs in the local cemetery, that is why they visit it very often and make friends with the gravedigger’s son, a self-assured nice guy that joins their childish adventures and wakes unknown feelings for the girls.
Meanwhile, Kitty Coleman, Maude’s mother, tries really hard to escape from her boring lifestyle and her mother-in-law criticism, so she decides meeting Gertrude Waterhouse, who scandalizes about Kitty’s modern mentality and sadly realizes her life is totally mediocre. Kitty has an affair with John Jackson, the cemetery’s administrator; this romance brings consequences to the lives of the three friends because Simon discovers Mrs. Coleman’s secret and Livy seduces him to make him confess. Livy tries Mr. Coleman to know the truth about his wife, but she fails.
Maude witnesses her mother’s fight against traditional ideology and makes a big effort to understand her, but she only gets more confused and begins to see Livy as a social rival. After bringing some emotion to her life with her affair, Kitty decides joining the British Suffragette movement. Livy gets excited with Mrs. Coleman’s new adventure and convinces Maude of going with her to a chaotic meeting, where unfortunately her little sister dies.
Kitty consecrates totally to the Suffragette movement and stops caring about her family; she has finally found a relief to her boring lifestyle. Then, during another meeting organized by her, she has an accident and dies. After this, Maude spends all her time in consoling her father and planning her future as a College student with the support of her grandmother. In the other hand, the Waterhouse decide to move, separating Maude from her loved friend Livy, who is destined to become some rich man’s wife. Simon has to face his present and future as a gravedigger.
This is the story of three lives united by a pure feeling, that is always kept in our hearts, but that can die when we star to grow up.
What the press would say:
Why is a movie able to remain in our hearts? Because they are so powerful that can portray the essence of our feeling or just make us part of the life of someone we’d like to be. “Falling Angels” is destined to become one of those memorable films; its message of hope, friendship and beauty will touch the hearts of many people, make critics fall in love with it. After seeing this film you realize that hopes exist everywhere and it only requires an innocent heart to blossom.
The character of Maude is the center of the story, an innocent girl looking for love in the middle of a troubled society. This character is majestically played by Emmy Rossum, who is back in the spotlight after “The phantom of the opera”, this time she shows she doesn’t need to sing to impress, she totally nailed her character, and she captures the screen since the first moment. You can ignore such a performance; her look, gestures, walking and her well accomplished British accent make her work a career performance. She play a big spirit caged in a small person, she transmits that anxiousness of living but also a deep fear of growing up.
One curios thing about this film is that there are two powerful leading actresses. Emma Thompson plays Kitty, Maude’s mom, but she looks totally separated from her daughter; she is selfish and spend her entire life trying to escape from her boring life, she is the kind of women that are ahead to their time, she was born to transcend but she has a big problem, she has to play an static social role: the perfect housewife. Emma Thompson is brilliant, this character is a real challenge for her and the result is amazing, you can not imagine someone can suffer a lot having a perfect life before seeing her performance. Emmy Rossum and Emma Thompson play mother and daughter, both are great and both deserve AMPAS attention.
Continuing with the great performances in this film, we have to talk about Jena Malone and Paul Dano. Two young actors that give sparkling performances. The character played by Malone might seem easy for any actress, but the magic of her performance lies in the authenticity, she is frivolous, glamorous, capricious and dramatic in an extraordinary way, no one before had played this kind of character as well as Malone did, now we only have to wait to see her in the AMPAS nominees list. Paul Dano plays an innocent friendly character, the kind of friend everyone would love to have, her performance is a mix of ignorance, fear and hope, the perfect one to complete the trio of friends. Paul Dano is more mature in this film; his talent is big and in this film Sofia Coppola knew hoe to used it to create an iconic performance.
Sofia Coppola has created a master piece, apparently a very simple story but that has a deep message and the power of changing feelings. This is the first time the characters melt in Coppola’s hands, they are deep and unique, they are real. The cast delivers big acting; Pierce Brosnan, Miranda Richardson, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are the icon of a talented generation, and the idea of seeing them acting with young actors is amazing. The screenplay adaptation is smart, touching and respectful to the novel. This film will change Sofia Coppola’s career in a tremendous way, the AMPAS will have a new darling.
AWARDS FOR CONSIDERATION:
Best Picture
Best Director: Sofia Coppola
Actress in a leading role: Emma Thompson
Actress in a leading role: Emmy Rossum
Supporting actress: Jena Malone
Supporting actress: Miranda Richardson
Supporting actor: Paul Dano
Adapted Screenplay
Original Score
Costume Design
Art Direction
Cinematography
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