EXCLUSIVE: Georgina Campbell (Barbarian, The Watchers) and Paul Gross (Broadway’s Good Night and Good Luck, Slings and Arrows) are among the stars of indie pic The Fallers, which has wrapped shooting in Canada.
They lead the cast alongside David Klein (Dream Scenario, Overcompensating), Rebecca Liddiard (Fargo, Alias Grace), Robert Bazzocchi (Gen V, Reacher), Dan Abramovici (Jane, The Marsh King’s Daughter) and Paula Brancati (Slasher, Dark Oracle). Shooting just completed in Hamilton and Toronto.
Directed by Will Bowes (Hey Lady!, Degrassi: Next Class), the pic is a voyeurism-themed drama follows Annie, the daughter and sole caregiver of troubled architect Carl. She escapes her past by trespassing into the homes her father designed, but is forced to confront it and her father’s legacy when the watcher becomes the watched.
The filmmakers say it deals with “deep familial patterns of codependency, the cost of neglect, and the architecture of care,” and develops from “a quiet, offbeat character study” into a “chilling portrait of surveillance, obsession, and the cost of living inside someone else’s design, both literally and figuratively.”
Hollywood Suite will broadcast the film in Canada and WTFilms has international sales rights. The Harold Greenberg Fund supported the development, and through Telefilm Canada’s Production Program, and Urban Post Production provided funding.
Daccia Bloomfield (Wild/Walled, Gold) wrote the film and Jamie Manning (Rosie, The Middle Man) is the producer. They also exec produce alongside Bowes, Jennifer Weiss (Fitting In, Stellar), Simone Urdl (Seven Veils, The Middle Man), Campbell and Louise Palmkvist Hansen (Suicide Note, Tomoko).
Cinematography comes from Steve Cosens (Delia’s Gone, Trickster), production design is by Nicole Simmons (Beyond Black Beauty, Near or Far) and editing is by Santiago Ruiztorres (Workin’ Moms).
“I’m beyond thrilled to have brought The Fallers to life alongside the brilliant Georgina Campbell and the legendary Paul Gross,” said Bowes, who is best known for directing CBC series Hey Lady! and episodes of the Degrassi franchise and acting in the likes of Alias and Murdoch Mysteries.
“Georgina delivers a performance that is haunted, heartbreaking, and darkly comic. I grew up watching Paul on stage and this role feels transformative for him. Their dynamic is absolutely mesmerizing to watch, and I cannot wait for audiences to experience this genre-bending voyeurism drama.”
Campbell is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360, Independent Talent Group and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLC.
