On My Skin — Movie Quotes

Stefano utters this line multiple times throughout his week in custody. He says it to a judge during his initial hearing and to medical staff at the prison hospital, often while grimacing in pain from injuries that are clearly inconsistent with a simple fall.

"I fell down the stairs." This is the lie Stefano repeatedly tells doctors, judges, and guards when asked about his horrific injuries. It's a phrase dripping with tragic irony. He says it out of fear, likely under duress and threat of further violence, but it becomes the official excuse that the indifferent system readily accepts, allowing everyone to abdicate their responsibility to investigate further. It encapsulates the coercion and fear at the heart of his ordeal.