“The Fall lives and dies on the strength of Pace and Untaru‘s remarkable performances. It’s there that the pulsing heart of this magical-real film beats most true.”

WASHINGTON POST – Ann Hornaday

“The Fall is often an affectionate caricature itself, but one of astonishing beauty, featuring two heartfelt performances from Untaru and the tender, often mordantly funny Pace. They’re perfect foils for Tarsem’s gorgeous tone poem to cinema as a medium of magic and miracles, stories and lies.”

“Catinca was born in Bucharest, Romania on 21 March 1997, the only child of Untaru family.

She competed against hundreds of children from all over the world for the role of Alexandria, the main character in Tarsem Singh’s The Fall.

Some might see her story a Romanian “Mission Impossible”, but for Catinca it was all in a day’s, or better said, in two years’ work. It is said that when you are on a mission, the whole universe conspires for your success. If this is the case, then it was clearly Catinca Untaru’s mission to become the first Romanian child to star in a international film.

Catinca says that being a part of the cast of The Fall allowed her to see countries and learn about customs. Something she would have never been able to do had she not been a part of the Fall. As the shooting took place in more than 20 locations around the world, Catinca was most impressed with India. Upon her return in Romania, she said, “India is like a beautiful woman whose eyes you can’t see.” Questioned further about her statement, Catinca said, “You can only see its eyes when you get to know it better.”

Now, almost 3 years after filming ended, Catinca goes to school and is head of class.

As of January 2007, she was working in a Romanian experimental media project called “10” where a group of kids are planning to do a movie. It is a mix of reality and fantasy production inspired from her story.”

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