The Fall

Name: The Fall
Director: Tarsem Singh
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2006
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Cast: Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Catinca Untaru, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow

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Fantasy
Adventure

2006
Tarsem Singh
112 mins
15

Summary

A 1920s stuntman is hospitalised when an accident costs him the use of his legs. He befriends a girl with a broken arm in the same ward by telling her a series of tall tales - while persuading her to steal morphine for him. But as she gets engrossed in his stories, fiction and reality start to overlap. Fantasy drama, starring Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru

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Review

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Jayne Nelson

Tarsem Singh's The Fall is one of the most beautiful films ever made. Shot entirely on location across four years, it includes footage from seemingly every landmark on the planet - yet, cheekily, some countries are only on screen for a second (see if you can spot the Eiffel Tower!). Set mainly in a hospital in 1920s Hollywood, it stars Lee Pace as Roy Walker, a stuntman who is recovering from an accident. Child patient Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) demands he tells her a story, and so begins an epic fantasy tale based around a Masked Bandit (also Pace). This story isn't important - frustratingly, it meanders everywhere, catering to a child's surreal logic - but the cinematography is gorgeous, even paying homage to the paintings of Salvador Dalí. The film's heart lies with the relationship between Pace and the 10-year-old Untaru: her natural, ad-libbed performance is devastatingly authentic. As a story, The Fall misses its mark. As a work of art and a portrayal of childhood, it dazzles.

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7.8/10

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rolenameRoy WalkerLee PaceNurse Evelyn / Sister EvelynJustine WaddellAlexandriaCatinca UntaruDoctor / Alexander the GreatKim UylenbroekAlexander's messengerAiden LithgowWalt PurdySean Gilder