The Fall
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (2006) 117 mins R

8.0 (11,236 votes)
From the director of The Cell comes a visually stunning epic fantasy about a bedridden man who entertains a curious little girl by telling her a fantastical story of exotic heroes and far off places which reflects his state of mind. The central story takes place in a remote 1920's hospital where a small girl named Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) is recovering from a severe looking shoulder injury incurred in a fall while trying to pick oranges. One day she happens to meet Roy (Lee Pace) - a stunt or "gag" man for the "flickers" or moving pictures - who seems to have injured himself out of a future in a particularly reckless stunt, even for those times. He is a clearly unhappy man who - through his own carelessness - unwittingly leads Alexandria to believe that he intends to entertain her with a lavish, epic story of exotic heroes and far off places. As the stuntman's health reaches to...

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Cast and Crew
Catinca Untaru  ......  Alexandria
Justine Waddell  ......  Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
Lee Pace  ......  Roy Walker / Blue Bandit
Kim Uylenbroek  ......  Doctor / Alexander the Great
Aiden Lithgow  ......  Alexander's Messenger
Sean Gilder  ......  Walt Purdy
Director  .....  Tarsem Singh
Producer  .....  Tarsem Singh
Writer  .....  Dan Gilroy; Nico Soultanakis
Notes
Trivia:
The director claims that there are no special effects in the film despite its surreal looks. Everything was shot on real locations. (more)

Filming Locations:
Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India (more)

Quotes:
Doctor: [suspicious Alexandria is not translating correctly for her mother] Alexandria, did she just ask me a question?
Alexandria: No it's just how we talk.
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Awards:
2 wins (more)