Fallen: The Search of A Broken Angel

Saw this at Culver City Film Festival in Los Angeles, it was the opening feature film for the festival, and I think it was playing at the same time in Torino in Italy so the director wasn't available for the Q&A, so we ended up talking about it after the screening. I loved this film. It touched me to my very soul. I'm writing a review as I remembered it and saw now it's becoming available on some of the streaming platforms. Alex Kruz's direction is perfect for a film with such big ideas. With themes such as interconnectedness of souls across time and space making up the foundation of the story, Kruz needed to fit these ideas in a package that audiences could relate to. His creative decision to synthesize this into a love story works well and through the lens of this romantic drama, Kruz introduces big ideas that otherwise would not have worked as well. Kruz also paces the film in a way that it doesn't drag in the slightest. Each scene has its purpose and there is enough drama to keep the audience hooked for the entire runtime. Fallen: The Search of A Broken Angel is a beautiful, different love story that manages to impress in a number of ways. I really wanted a Q&A as it's supposed to be based on a true story. The leads are terrific and there is a clear effort here by its makers to make something unique. Fresh, original, unique. A good watch with someone you care about or even alone. The film asks are we really ever alone in a beautiful way.

Watched it at the Tokyo Cinema Awards, loved it! Truly romantic films are so rare these days, while films that include plenty of sex and nudity (which are often portrayed in a smutty and gratuitous manner) abound.

That's what makes this film feels like a much needed breath of fresh air, classic, timeless, and in a word, magical.

Beautiful visuals, great music, locations, and a story which weaves across reality, and dreamscapes. Even though the actors were young, their story came off as timeless, classic, and really outside of our modern day cliches about love and relationships.

Reminds me why it is that I love "going to the movies." And I guess that is about the highest compliment that I can pay to a film.

I'm aware of the fact that not everyone is going to enjoy this movie.. it's not about "getting it" or not.. it's about a certain sensibility.. you have to be receptive to it. If you are able and willing to get lost in the movie's atmosphere you'll certainly love it. I loved it. I must admit this is one of my favorite love movies, maybe the one best of all, I have ever watched. I consider myself a twin flame. I cried after watching it. I felt so together with my twin flame who I am living separate from. Love conquers all :')

Ok back to the review, Alex Kruz's poetic love story captured me throughout and even after the film. I ended up looking up his other works such as short "Parivara" which was also poetic and captivating.

The content and the form of this love story overlap perfectly for those who enjoy a good love story as well as are open to the sci-fi genre. The trailer says its "based on a true story" which made me look up some of his interviews. He is basically a quantum scientist who had done all sorts of experiments on how interconnected and quantum entangled people in love, but more specifically those who identify as "twin flames" are. I think thats an interesting premise to make a film after all of your scientific experiments for something you are exploring are not conclusive. I think this film is his way of filling that gap. Interestingly enough, the last two Nobel prize winners (2022, 2023) were for experiments which proved quantum entanglement, this guy was the runner up.

OK, back to the art in art house. Beautiful camera angles and the colors makes the feelings and their togetherness even touchable. Also the music defines the sadness of the love which plays along the beautiful slow motion frames and shows the characters together in their absence.

From the films that I review, I found myself watching this one more than twice just to see what I missed from the first two times. Maybe I'm obsessive, but I think that says a lot. Like when you have a book you love, and you want to read it again and again because you love how it makes you feel. It touches a nerve which a lot of the media nowadays doesnt.