The Tall Man (2012)

Directed by

Pascal Laugier

Genre

drama film, psychological thriller, crime film, mystery film

Country

France, United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1,246 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a poor small town, children keep disappearing and locals blame a figure called the Tall Man. A widowed nurse frantically searches for her own child after he is taken.

tensebleakmysteriousdesperatesuspensefulmelancholicgrittyunsettling

What happens

The Tall Man is a 2012 Canadian-French mystery-horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It was filmed in the Kootenay region of Southeastern British Columbia and stars Jessica Biel. The film is set in a small former mining town where poverty is rife and children are disappearing on a regular basis. The abductions are blamed on a local legend called "the Tall Man". Jessica Biel plays a widowed nurse whose child is abducted, leading her on a desperate chase to recover him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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