| Falling Angels | |
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| Directed by | Scott Smith |
| Screenplay by | Esta Spalding |
| Based on | Falling Angels by Barbara Gowdy |
| Produced by | Robin Cass |
| Starring | Callum Keith Rennie Miranda Richardson Katharine Isabelle Kristin Adams Monté Gagné |
| Cinematography | Gregory Middleton |
| Edited by | Reginald Harkema |
| Music by | Ken Whiteley |
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| Distributed by | Film Movement (United States) |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.3 million |
Falling Angels is a 2003 independent film by Scott Smith, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Gowdy and adapted for the screen by poet and author Esta Spalding. It is the second feature film by Scott Smith, writer, producer and director of Rollercoaster (1999). Set in the late 1960s, the film is a dark comedy focusing on the coming of age of three sisters and their struggle for independence in a dysfunctional family. It is also a story about the destructive effects of secrecy between parents and children.