''Free Fall'' (french: Les Pieds dans le vide) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

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and released in 2009. The film centres on a love triangle between Charles ( Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge), the owner of a parachuting adventure company, Rafaël (

Éric Bruneau Éric Bruneau (born April 21, 1983) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his regular supporting role as Liam Bouchard in the television series ''Coroner A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order ...

), a daredevil who takes dangerous risks because of his frustration at having been rejected for his dream job as an airline pilot due to partial deafness in one ear, and Manu (

Laurence Leboeuf Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress. Biography Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce for elementary and later on, she went to Villa Maria for hig ...

), the woman who is torn between both men while simultaneously coping with her mother's diagnosis with terminal cancer, over a summer as they prepare for an annual BASE jump off a

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skyscraper. A secondary subplot also focuses on Ludovic (Adam Kosh), a newer acquaintance of the trio who is struggling to come to terms with his homosexuality.Brendan Kelly, "Skydivers plummet to earth". ''

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'', August 12, 2009. The cast also includes Monique Spaziani, Andrew Shaver, Vincent Bolduc and Martin Dubreuil. Brendan Kelly of the ''

'' reviewed the film unfavourably, writing that "All of the lead actors can do much better than this, but clearly there's no room in this film to do anything other than play to the cheap seats. This is particularly galling in the case of Leboeuf, who's shown in things like ''Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire'' that she's actually a real talent and not just another pretty face." Denise Martel of ''

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'' was more positive, calling the film an agreeable surprise and writing that Wolfe showed promise as a director.Denise Martel
"Une agréable surprise!"
''

'', July 8, 2021.

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* 2009 films 2009 drama films 2009 LGBT-related films Canadian drama films Canadian LGBT-related films Quebec films Films set in Montreal LGBT-related drama films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub