Arriving on DVD & VOD on May 5, the film follows Lila (Talia Balsam) who is left to her own devices when her kids leave for the summer and her husband leaves for good. A mediation on a particular sort of love that grows in the wreckage of broken things; anger, revenge and self-discovery bring this tale of “home is where the heart breaks” full circle. Beautifully filmed, from multi-award-winning writer-director Hilary Brougher (STEPHANIE DALEY), and starring festival darling Talia Balsam (MAD MEN, HBO’s DIVORCE) and Scott Cohen (THE AMERICANS, GILMORE GIRLS); World Premiere in Narrative Feature Competition at SXSW 2019, a robust festival life includes BAMCinema Fest, Palm Springs IFF, Mill Valley, Heartland, and Mar Del Plata International Film Festivals. Prizes include the Grand Jury Prize, from the New Hampshire International Film Festival, and a Jury Prize for Excellence in Directing from the Naples International Film Festival. Alissa Wilkinson of Vox, praised SOUTH MOUNTAIN as “easily one of the best films I’ve seen all year “adding that “each scene feels vibrantly alive; director and writer Hilary Brougher has crafted a world in which nothing is cleanly resolved but a future is still possible.” Currently 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, reviewers have praised the film, including Indiewire’s Eric Kohn who describes the film’s “exquisite acting” noting that “Balsam…brings an astounding naturalism to the role of a woman suddenly forced to confront a later stage of life on her own.” Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter calls the film “POTENT… Balsam makes Lila a thoroughly fascinating character.” Variety’s Nick Schager also touts “Balsam’s superb lead turn” and film’s “pitch perfect finale.” Beginning May 5, the film will be available on DVD & VOD platforms including: iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Xbox, Vudu, FandangoNOW, and local cable & satellite providers.
Synopsis: As family ties dissolve, a woman must find a way to heal in the absorbing, emotionally layered new drama. Lila (Talia Balsam) is an artist and mother living in the Catskills who has selflessly devoted herself to everyone around her, often at the expense of her own happiness. When her husband (Scott Cohen) leaves her for another woman with whom he has already fathered a child, Lila plunges into an existential crisis that unfolds with simmering tension and a series of unexpected twists. Built around an extraordinary performance from Talia Balsam—at once tightly wound and achingly vulnerable—South Mountain is a fearlessly honest portrait of a woman coming apart in order to become whole.
