Fear of Falling

Fear of Falling

87 mins | June 6, 2011

Tomek leads a comfortable life as a TV anchor and family man when he receives a troubling message from the psychiatric hospital in his hometown: his father, whom he has not seen in years, has just been admitted. Against the advice of friends and family, not to mention his own better judgment, Tomek returns home to face the man he hardly knows. After a failed, guilt-ridden attempt to sell his father’s apartment, Tomek decides to make up for lost time. Kidnapping his aging father from the hospital, the two embark on a vacation to the mountains in an effort to restore some semblance of a relationship.

Fear of Falling

87 mins | June 6, 2011

Fear of Falling
Tomek leads a comfortable life as a TV anchor and family man when he receives a troubling message from the psychiatric hospital in his hometown: his father, whom he has not seen in years, has just been admitted. Against the advice of friends and family, not to mention his own better judgment, Tomek returns home to face the man he hardly knows. After a failed, guilt-ridden attempt to sell his father’s apartment, Tomek decides to make up for lost time. Kidnapping his aging father from the hospital, the two embark on a vacation to the mountains in an effort to restore some semblance of a relationship.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Lek wysokosci
Directors Bartosz Konopka
Writers

Cast

Marcin Dorociński

as Tomasz Janicki

Krzysztof Stroiński

as Wojciech Janicki, Tomasz's father

Magdalena Popławska

as Ewa Janicka, Tomasz's wife