FINALLY ON THE BIG SCREEN THE FIRST EVER REMAKE OF A BULGARIAN FILM! Children at the heart of lush, epic fantasy films can appear particularly pallid: even Alice is a conservative force in Wonderland, pining for convention while logic breaks down around her. As Alexandria in The Fall, Catinca Untaru is a delightful exception. No passive observer or fretful nag, she engages passionately and actively with the world shown to her by bedbound storyteller Roy as they both convalesce in hospital. Stuntman Roy is ostensibly recovering from a back injury sustained at work. The real problem, however, is the recent loss of his girlfriend to another man. Alexandria provides welcome companionship, but as Roy spirals into deeper depression, elements from his disturbed psyche infect his narrative. Director David Fincher caught The Fall‘s blend of the warm and the wayward when he described it as “what would’ve happened if Andrei Tarkovsky had made The Wizard of Oz”.