Free Falling

Spanish star Belén Rueda (THE SEA INSIDE) delivers a compelling performance as a gymnastics coach in this intense and complex drama. Marisol (Rueda) is the national rhythmic gymnastics’ coach. She is methodical, controlling, demanding, authoritarian, and does not contemplate failure as an option. The World Championship is approaching, and she is pinning all her hopes on Angelica, the most promising newcomer on the team. Two weeks before the final, Marisol discovers that her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman. Unable to contemplate failure, Marisol launches into a desperate race to win him back, with no regard for his motives or feelings. Her pain transfers to the mat, where she becomes even more relentless with Angelica, in whom she places her hopes for success. At this point, winning the gold seems to be all she has left. Directed by Laura Jou (LIFE WITHOUT SARA AMAT), FREE FALLING is a tale about the limits of power and sacrifice.