The Silent Fall is a 2007 South African drama film set in and around Cape Town, focusing on the AIDS problem of Africa.
The story is set in motion after the brutal murder of a South African doctor who is on the brink of discovering a break through generic AIDS drug.
This, and a continent in the grips of a heartless pandemic, provide the dramatic backdrop against which heroine Dr. Thandie Khumalo's personal journey unfolds.
She struggles to come to terms with her beloved colleague's murder and the loss of her friends and family to the pandemic which she has dedicated her life to fighting.
Vying for her heart and mind as she searches for the truth are Lucas De Villiers, the charming yet ruthless CEO of Kingdom, and handsome fellow doctor Josh Kingsley.