ABOUT THE STORY Based on the novel by Anne Tyler, A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE is the directorial debut of writer-actress Toni Kalem, who wrote the novel's adaptation for screen. The film boasts an ensemble cast featuring acclaimed actors Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce alongside veteran actors Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower and Bruno Kirby in supporting roles. A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE follows an unlikely couple's slow awakening to their destiny amidst the ordinariness of everyday life in a small southern town. Set in Pulqua, North Carolina, the film follows the peculiar courtship of an awkward young woman and a charismatic local musician bound to each other by a strange, obsessive act. A SLIPPING- DOWN LIFE demonstrates how the wounds of love heal to become scars that either bind people to each other or tear them apart. This page is a mirror, reposted here for your convenience. |