The Falls

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Let me start off by saying this the acting were all superb from the mother to the daughter give a wonderful performances in this psychology drama and tension set during the current pandemic situation. After watching it the psychological damage from the mother happens after the divorce from her husbands Ho is having an affair long before the divorce. I'm touched and moved by the daughter Xiao Jing who stepped up and handles her mother's affair. But the movie is too slow to begin with and the length is too long to be Frank the first half of the movie really bored me to sleep Once the movie enters second act things started to go smoother and faster.. I'm not sure this movie deserves a best picture for Golden Horse because I haven't seen the other nominated movies All I can say is the acting the portrayal was great the message clearly convey A good Taiwanese movie indeed but definitely a slow burn.

This film shines lights on the depressed, monotonous,tepid life since the pandemic. A faithful depiction of what marriage could be like and how irresponsible a man can be. But more importantly, it's about the relationship between a mother and a daughter,how they evolve from bickering to rely on each other, it's touching,heart-felt that you wish the two of them could live happily ever after. With new possibility, new home and the superior from work (what a delight to this character),they find a way out. Although the ending is quite unnecessary, while you are happy about the daughter,then it forces you you remind the title of the film and also wash away the tears that brimming in your eyes.

"That said, THE FALLS is no slacker in drumming up its emotional proportions, after the tumultuous first-half, Pin-wen and Jing's stricken existence literally changes for a rosier prospect after the tarp draping outside their apartment is dismantled, its blueish constraint gives way to an open view of a new lease on life. Jing learns to cope with Pin-wen's condition in the latter's shoes, and such empathetic approach is vindicated gratifyingly and surprisingly in the snake-in-the-room accident. As for Pin-wen, she needs to disabuse the illusion that her ex-husband (Lee) will return, reconciles herself to"the falls" in her head and comes clean to people who genuinely care for her, like the supermarket manager Mr. Chen (Chen). Aptly orchestrating the life-affirming progress that stops short of veering into the lane of mawkishness, Chung puts great trust in Chia's performance. Feelingly transforming from a capable single mother to a logy head case, Chia dives plumb into Pin-wen's deterioration without pretense, and felicitously calibrates the dissonant co-existence of emotional sincerity and cognitive distance. The close-ups of her face gradually swelling with belated emotive register are evidence of Chia's meritorious chops. Somehow it feels remiss that Chung doesn't tap into the sonic impact of "the falls" to grace the film with some more pertinent references of psychosis, although Lu Lü-Ming's stirring score is beyond reproach." read my full review on my blog: Cinema Omnivore, please google it, thanks.