Free Fall
Caída libre
2013 · Germany · 100 min
- Director
- Stephan Lacant
- Screenplay
- Stephan Lacant, Karsten Dahlem
- Producer
- Christoph Holthof-Keim, Daniel Reich
- Music
- Dürbeck & Dohmen
- Cinematography
- Sten Mende
- Editing
- Monika Schindler
- Production company
- Südwestrundfunk, Kurhaus production
Cast
What it is about
Marc Borgmann is a young police officer taking a training course for the riot control unit. He lives with Bettina, his pregnant girlfriend, and on the surface their relationship is stable and loving. At the police academy he meets Kay Engel, his roommate, with whom he first clashes physically. Between drills and shared runs, an attraction grows that Marc did not expect, and it begins to unsettle everything he believes about himself and his life, while his family and his career start to feel the strain of his doubts.
How it was made
Directed by Stephan Lacant, who co-wrote the script with Karsten Dahlem, the film was produced in Germany with the involvement of broadcaster Südwestrundfunk and the company Kurhaus Production. Filming began in the summer of 2012 in Ludwigsburg. Hanno Koffler and Max Riemelt lead the cast, alongside Katharina Schüttler, and the score was written by the duo Dürbeck & Dohmen. Cinematography by Sten Mende and editing by Monika Schindler complete a crew that keeps its focus on the characters rather than on spectacle.
Reception and legacy
The film premiered at the 2013 Berlinale and later screened at the Frameline Film Festival in the United States. It was compared to Brokeback Mountain and received positive reviews on the festival circuit. It won Best Film at the Philadelphia QFest 2013 and Best Director for Lacant at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Koffler was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2014 Deutscher Filmpreis. Its box office was modest, with a gross of about 600,000 dollars. A possible sequel was announced in 2013 and sought crowdfunding in 2017.
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Trailer
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Trivia
Digital soundtrack release
The original score was released digitally by MovieScore Media to coincide with the film's cinema opening.
Crowdfunded sequel
The campaign to fund a sequel started on 19 March 2017 on Indiegogo, with a projected budget of three million euros.
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