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Viggo Mortensen’s new film, which arrived in theaters and on streaming services on Friday, is a first for him.

WATERTOWN — Viggo Mortensen’s new film, “Falling,” has coincidentally stumbled into an arduous time.

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The mostly virtual Sundance Film Festival ended earlier in the week, shorter and smaller than usual but rather an unexpected success. Siân Heder’s “CODA” won the grand jury prize, audience award and two other jury awards in the U.S. dramatic competition and sold to Apple TV+ for a record-setting $25 million. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” won the grand jury an...

Viggo Mortensen’s new film, which arrives in theaters and on streaming services on Friday, is a first for him. In “Falling,” Mr. Mortensen, a 1976 graduate of Watertown High School and 1980 graduate of St. Lawrence University, Canton, makes his debut as a writer/director. “Falling” made its debut last winter at the Sudance Film Festival and was released in Europe last year. After its debut, John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter called it, “a masterful family drama ...