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Plot

Falling Over Backwards was filmed in Quebec through the good graces of the National Film Board of Canada. Saul Rubinek plays a high school teacher, currently in the doldrums over his divorce. Ignoring advice of Thomas Wolfe, Rubinek decides to "go home again" to forget his troubles. With his aged, infirm father in tow, the teacher rents a room in his old neighborhood. Romance blossoms between Rubinek and his landlady Julie St-Pierre. This low-key, rambling, intensely personal effort is virtually as textbook example of a "Canadian Indie".
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Comedy,Foreign
Run Time:
104min.
Theatrical Release Date:
11/13/1991
Director(s):
Mort Ransen
Starring:
Saul Rubinek , Paul Soles , Helen Hughes , Carolyn Scott
Themes:
Starting Over,Fathers and Sons,Breakups and Divorces
Keywords:
aging,apartment,landlord,life-choices,love,parent,second-chance,starting-over
Language:
English