The Fall (1976): cast, story & where to watch
1976 · Film · ★ 6.5
Released in 1976, The Fall is a notable film directed by Nelson Xavier, running about 106 minutes.
What it’s 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’s in it. The Fall stars Nelson Xavier as Mário, Lima Duarte, Isabel Ribeiro and Maria Silvia, among others.
How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, The Fall has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.
Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Fall page.
Frequently asked
- Where can I watch The Fall (1976)?
- Streaming, rental and purchase options for The Fall change frequently. Check our where-to-watch page for the latest availability in your country.
- Is The Fall worth watching?
- The Fall holds an audience score of 6.5 out of 10. Reactions are mixed, so it may depend on taste.
- Who stars in The Fall?
- The Fall stars Nelson Xavier, Lima Duarte, Isabel Ribeiro, Maria Silvia and Hugo Carvana.
- When was The Fall released?
- The Fall was released in 1976, with a runtime of about 106 minutes.