Falls Around Her stars Tantoo Cardinal (whom we also saw in The Grizzlies) as Mary Birchbark, a musician who returns to her Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation home village after years of touring. She is withdrawn and quiet and at peace with the land, but there is also something unsettling going on under the surface. The film moves slowly, and for much of it little is said and not much happens. The land is shown prominently, almost as a character in the film: stark, cold and beautiful. Gradually the underlying conflict emerges and erupts in a burst of action. What has happened to Mary may be a metaphor for what has happened to her people.
This film was not as moving or compelling for me as some others in this year's festival, but it was an interesting change of pace and perspective.
TIFF 2018 Overview
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