82 minutes – Drama
Language: English
Festival release date: 2014 – Vancouver International Film Festival (World Premiere)
Release date: December 5, 2014
Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media
Father Sam Ryan, (American actor Michael Murphy), an aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter that precipitates a downward spiral from what had been a quiet, complacent life. The letter, from a “Christopher,” forces him to confront an incident that happened 40 years ago when he was a young, charismatic priest, serving a remote, Northern Ontario parish. Christopher was a 14-year-old adolescent, whom Sam mentored. The letter asks Father Sam for the truth: what actually happened all those years ago? Were lines blurred or crossed? What choices were made? Did a sexual encounter take place? Can a moral custodian of the faithful; a dispenser of God’s grace, transcend his own fall?
Fall had its World Premiere at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Trailer and poster courtesy of Mongrel Media
Mehernaz Lentin
Jennifer Pun
Jennifer Pun
Allan Levine
Norayr Kasper
Caroline Christie
Nick Storring
Bill Layton
Ginger Martini
Michael Murphy
Wendy Crewson
Katie Boland
Suzanne Clément
Cas Anvar
Joel Bissonnette
Tammy-lynn Wilcox
Allie White
Keith Bowser
Dylan Cook
Robert Read Robin
Brianna Lee
Seth Gagnon
Father Sam Ryan
Shelia
Chelsea
Catherine
Reza
Michael
Nurse
Chelsea’s Friend
Passerby
Robert
Hoodie Man
Diner
Grave digger
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