{4.5\/5} “You always stop at the same part, where it’s very beautiful. And interesting.”<\/p>\n
Alexandria is a young girl who fell and broke her arm and she’s at the hospital. She meets a man named Roy, also a patient, who tells her a story about Alexander the Great. Roy is paralyzed from the waist down from a stunt he did for a movie. The next day Roy tells her a much longer story — about a group of five men who have all vowed for different reasons to kill Governor Odious.<\/p>\n
The Fall<\/strong> was released in 2006. It’s based on the Bulgarian film Yo Ho Ho<\/strong>.<\/p>\n During the opening credits is a black and white scene in slow motion with the second movement from Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. I was a bit worried. A movie has to be the highest quality to deserve Beethoven’s music — not like Zardoz<\/strong>. But once the story proper starts I wasn’t worried.<\/p>\n The movie takes place many years ago, when horses pulled buggies. Roy is a stunt man in the new industry of motion pictures, and he just lost his girlfriend. Alexandria helps her family pick oranges.<\/p>\n What movie is this one like? In general structure it’s like a combination of The Princess Bride<\/strong> and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen<\/strong>. But the person telling the story is a different character and the details of the story are different. And it’s not a comedy.<\/p>\n Filming locations included South Africa, India, Fiji, and Argentina. It has a stunning look that’s much different than your average movie.<\/p>\n Catinca Untaru, in her first movie role, does an amazing job as Alexandria. A few actors play two roles — one in the real world and one in the story.<\/p>\n What kind of story would a suicidal man tell a five-year-old girl? Watch and find out. There were parts in the middle I wasn’t so sure about, but in the end I’m glad I watched it.<\/p>\n