The Fall (1976)

The Fall (1976) poster

An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation and the class relations of a country that had undergone one decade of fast-paced ‘conservative modernisation’ at the hands of the military. As a sort of sequel to the classic The Guns (1964), following the fate of those characters as they move from enforcers of exploitation to exploited, it offers more than a snapshot of the period: the correspondent time lapses in fiction and reality capture the passage of a chunk of Brazilian history between the two films, and, therefore, also the transformations in cinematographic approaches to the social and political between the two moments. Equally daring in content and form, and in the originality of the adequacy of one to the other, it won the Silver Bear at Berlin.

Director: Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 106 min
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Cast

Screenplay

Music: Ruy Guerra, Milton Nascimento
Cinematography: Edgar Moura
Editing: Ruy Guerra
Production: Zoom Cinematográfica, Daga Filmes
Country: Brazil
Language: Português
Original Language: pt
More Films by Director: Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier
More Films in Genre: Drama

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Fall about?
An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation and the class relations of a country that had undergone one decade of fast-paced ‘conservative modernisation’ at the hands of the military. As a sort of sequel to the classic The Guns (1964), following the fate of those characters as they move from enforcers of exploitation to exploited, it offers more than a snapshot of the period: the correspondent time lapses in fiction and reality capture the passage of a chunk of Brazilian history between the two films, and, therefore, also the transformations in cinematographic approaches to the social and political between the two moments. Equally daring in content and form, and in the originality of the adequacy of one to the other, it won the Silver Bear at Berlin.
Who directed The Fall?
The Fall was directed by Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier.
Who stars in The Fall?
The Fall stars Nelson Xavier, Lima Duarte, Isabel Ribeiro, Maria Silvia, Hugo Carvana, Leina Krespi.
How long is The Fall?
The Fall has a runtime of 1h 46m (106 minutes).
What genre is The Fall?
The Fall is a Drama film.
Where was The Fall produced?
The Fall was produced in Brazil.