The Fall

Tarsem Singh·117 min

A paralyzed silent-film stuntman in a 1920s hospital tells a fantastical story to a small immigrant girl with a broken arm, and bends the tale, a little at a time, to manipulate her into bringing him the pills to end his life. Tarsem shot it across more than twenty real countries over years, with no effects.

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