The Fall (2006)

Note des utilisateurs:

8.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Tarsem Singh

Writers (WGA):

Dan Gilroy (screenplay) and
Nico Soultanakis (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 mai 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Aventure | Drame | Fantasy

Accroche:

A Little Blessing In Disguise.

Plot:

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Indian | Quest | 1920s | Governor

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Visually spectacular and emotionally engaging

Ensemble

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
Ronald France	...	Otto
Andrew Roussouw	...	Mr. Sabatini
Michael Huff	...	Dr. Whitaker
Grant Swanby	...	Father Augustine
Emil Hostina	...	Alexandria's Father / Bandit
Robin Smith	...	Luigi / One Legged Actor
Jeetu Verma	...	Indian / Orange Picker
Leo Bill	...	Darwin / Orderly
Marcus Wesley	...	Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent images.

Durée:

117 min

Pays:

India | UK | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Roumain

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:R | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario/Saskatchewan) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:15 (cut) | Finland:K-13 | South Korea:12 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Company:

Absolute Entertainment (II)

Anecdotes:

The cinematic poster for this movie is based on the Salvador Dali painting, "1935_03_Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment", circa 1935.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where the Indian is swimming toward the island, the bandage on his leg switches from one leg to the other and back again.

Guillemet:

Alexandria: Why he speaks like this?
Roy Walker: Because he's your father.
Alexandria: But my father is dead!
Roy Walker: What? Ok, how do you want him to speak?
Alexandria: Normal. Like you.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Yo ho ho (1981)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, II. Allegretto

Visually spectacular and emotionally engaging

The Fall is a charming, fantastical story with a haunting undertone and features the most endearing child actress since Jacques Doillon's Ponette... what more could a film boast? Moreover, this film could be watched on mute and still make a lasting impression on the viewer through its striking imagery. The Fall is the story of Alexandria, an injured immigrant child wandering the hospital where she is being treated. The viewer is drawn, with Alexandria into a dark and extravagant world through the story of a maimed stuntman who she befriends. The skilled interaction between the finely divided reality and fantasy is reminiscent of David Cronenberg's eXistenZ. I can not recommend this film any more strongly.