The Tall Man (2012 film)
| The Tall Man | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Pascal Laugier |
| Written by | Pascal Laugier |
| Produced by | Clément Miserez Kevin DeWalt Jean-Charles Levy Scott Kennedy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kamal Derkaoui |
| Edited by | Sebastien Prangere |
| Music by | Todd Bryanton |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | SND Films (worldwide) Image Entertainment (United States) |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Countries | Canada France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18.2 million |
| Box office | $5,212,903 |
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.