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FALLEN
[Krisana]

When a man witnesses a woman's suicide, he becomes obsessed with discovering her identity. An archivist by profession, he roams the streets of Riga searching for clues, each adding a piece to the puzzle of this stranger's life and motivations. But what does he really hope to find? German director Fred Keleman, a collaborator of Béla Tarr, shares the Hungarian master's affinity for b&w, long takes and atmospheric sound design. Shot by Keleman himself, FALLEN presents a visionary nightscape of the Latvian capital, using the tropes of detective fiction to an existential and ironic end.

DIR/SCR/PROD Fred Keleman. Latvia/Germany, 2005, b&w, 90 min. In Latvian and Russian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Born in West Berlin, the son of a Hungarian mother and a German father, director Fred Kelemen began his studies at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) in 1989. Since that time, he has made a number of films and also directed several plays in Germany. His work has received multiple honors including a German National Film Award, Silver Ribbon for FATE (1994) and FIPRESCI Prize at Rotterdam Film Festival for FROST (1998).

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