Freefall ( Free fall )

Freefall (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Free fall
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Dominic Savage

Written By:
Dominic Savage

Actors:
Dominic Cooper ..... Dave
Laura Ainsworth ..... Attractive Woman 1
Aidan Gillen ..... Gus
Joseph Mawle ..... Jim
Olivia Chamberlain ..... Gemma
Riz Ahmed ..... Gary
Steve Clark ..... Terraced House Father
Alfie Allen ..... Ian
Charlie Creed-Miles ..... Area Manager
Juliet Cunnington ..... Jim House Owner
Jayden Chamberlain ..... Ryan
Mona Goodwin ..... Attractive Girl 2
Brian Handley ..... Estate Agent 1
Sarah Harding ..... Sam
Emer Kenny ..... Kate

Synopsis:

A powerful and moving drama, Freefall follows the lives of three men with everything on the line. Gus (Aiden Gillen) is the high flying city exec who packages and sells bundles of mortgages for extortionate profit. Dave (Dominic Cooper) is the mortgage broker who can make anything happen, and when Dave offers Jim (Joseph Mawle), his old school friend, a way out of the council flat he and his family have been stuck in for years, it's an offer that is too good to refuse. A way of fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a homeowner. When the market collapses, each character is confronted by a shocking, revelatory truth that shines a burning light on the new realities we face.

'Diamond' Dave Matthews works for a ruthless firm providing mortgages to families denied credit, regardless of whether they can afford the repayments. Divorced City banker Gus sells lucrative corporate mortgages over the phone and literally has orgasms at his own success. Dave runs into old school-mate Jim Potter, a married security guard with two children and, under the guise of friendship, offers him and his family an escape from their drab council estate. But the repayments rocket,dragging the Potters into a spiral of debt. Jim works overtime but is so exhausted he sleeps on the job and is sacked. Gus's workaholicism alienates him from his daughter and colleague/lover Anna, who resigns, and he is undone by the world recession, losing his job, his purpose in life, and he kills himself. Jim confronts Dave but to no avail.The Potters are re-possessed though they move up in the world when they are re-homed whilst Dave carries on deceiving more families with a different company.

While the Western real estate market booms, London companies like big spender Gus' compete for customers as 'easy money', repackaged as bonds sold to banks and private investors. Agent Dave Matthews even happily follows instructions to sell discount mortgages to people with blacklisted credit ratings. The charming born salesman overcomes his schoolmate Jim Foster's wife's suspicions: the security officer with two kids buys a Tudor dream house beyond his means. In a matter of months, the market crashes. Now business misery cascades, as do personal tragedies.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 24 November, 2009.

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