Thomas’ only daughter, Lara, is killed by a logging truck in a hit-and-run accident for which the driver, Luke, serves a prison sentence. Stricken with grief, Thomas moves to the remote town where Lara died. Taking on a new name, Chris, he finds work as a logger. When Luke is released from prison, Chris connives to work as his partner in dangerous tree-logging work. Every time Luke climbs, Chris holds his life in his hands.
Fell Reviews
“With lush cinematography from Marden Dean and the languid pace of an unfurling dream, Fell sometimes verges on Terrence Malick-style impressionism. But it is much more than a reverie. A strong narrative structure, courtesy of a beautifully spare, dialogue-light screenplay by Natasha Pincus (director of the music video for Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know), keeps a propulsive tension at its core.” – Hollywood Reporter