"When the Fall Comes," a film about love, loss, and art chronicles how one woman moves through grief by using dance, poetry and a performance piece to illustrate her healing process. “When the Fall Comes” weaves through vivid landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area, Argentine tango dancing, performance moments, and poignant interviews focused on grief and the arts. Producer Adriana Marchione brings a stunning portrait of her personal story and helps us venture into the melancholy as well as the joy and the reverence that accompanies loss.
This short documentary illustrates how movement and the arts can support healing from grief by:
- Sharing the process of making poetry and a performance based on losing a loved one.
- Revealing the emotional and spiritual disorientation of grief through movement and dance.
- Allowing complicated feelings and experiences resulting from loss to be expressed and witnessed.
- Providing opportunities to use art to come together around the topic of loss.
About Adriana
Adriana is committed to finding the links between art and life. Her work employs a variety of methods to support emotional and physical health, creative growth, and a deeper relationship to life. Adriana brings an artistic and compassionate perspective when working with individuals, groups and the creative process. Her work is rooted in the belief that the language of the soul speaks through the body, the imaginal world, artistic expression and our life stories.
She has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as a filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work as a movement-based expressive arts therapist and educator. Since 2002, Adriana has been teaching at the renowned Tamalpa Institute, WHEAT Institute in Canada and presented her creative healing approach to grief, addiction, eating disorders, and trauma at festivals, conferences, and influential organizations including South by Southwest, Commonwealth Club, and She Recovers.
Testimonials
“When the Fall Comes is a vulnerable and brave investigation into how one overcomes tragedy. Adriana Marchione courageously leads through example: reliving and retelling the story behind the death of her husband through the arts. This is a documentary that is worth tackling – one that will leave you believing in the healing power of the expression of gratitude no matter what the circumstance.” — Jeff Galfer, Actor and Producer
“Can art heal grief? Take note in this beautifully crafted film-a poem in itself-woven together with interviews, metaphorical imagery, and performance. One experiences not only the sense of grief and longing, but the sense of healing rooted in the creative process. A testament to the power of healing through art.” — Barbara Klutinis, Filmmaker
