The 4K restoration of Tarsem’s The Fall is set for an exclusive release on MUBI

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MUBI has announced the acquisition and exclusive digital premiere of Tarsem’s re-release of The Fall, available to stream in 4K on MUBI from 27 September 2024 in the US, Canada, Latin America, the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and India. The Match Factory is handling sales for the rest of the world.

The 4K restoration of The Fall will have its world premiere at this year’s edition of Locarno Film Festival where it will play to audiences on the Piazza Grande.

Filmed over 4 years in 20 different locations across the globe, The Fall stars Lee Pace (Foundation, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Captain Marvel, Halt and Catch Film) and Catinca Untaru.

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 fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes.

Tarsem’s first major breakthrough work was REM’s Losing My Religion video, which won MTV’s Best Video Award. Since then, Tarsem has worked on commercials for brands including Smirnoff, Coke, Nike, Levis and Pepsi.

In 2000, he directed his first feature film, The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez. His next feature film, The Fall, was released in the United States in 2008. Since then Tarsem has directed The Immortals (2011) starring Henry Cavill, Mirror Mirror (2012) starring Julia Roberts and Self/less (2015) starring Ryan Reynolds.

In 2016-2017, Tarsem directed the 10-part mini-series Emerald City for television. In 2023, he directed his first feature film in Punjabi, Dear Jassi which won the Platform Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Among the numerous awards that Tarsem has received are two Grand Prix de la Pres awards at Cannes Film Festival and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Academy of Film, Television and the Arts (BAFTA). His work is also on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.