''Let Me Fall'' ( is, Lof mér að falla) is a 2018 Icelandic
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Baldvin ZophonÃasson
Baldvin ZophonÃasson, or Baldvin Z, is an Icelandic film and television director, writer, and producer. He was born in 1978 in Akureyri. He is best known for his films ''Jitters'', '' Life in a Fishbowl'', ''Let Me Fall'', and the television ...
.
It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the
2018 Toronto International Film Festival
The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...
.
Plot
Stella and Magnea, two teenage girls meet at a party. They begin spending time together, experimenting with tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. Magnea eventually drops out of school and distances herself from her former friends. The story follows the two girls as they grow up, experience addiction, drug trafficking, prostitution, and stints in prison.
Cast
* ElÃn Sif Halldórsdóttir as Magnea
* Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir as young Stella
* Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir as older Stella
*
Þorsteinn Bachmann
Þorsteinn Bachmann (born 25 October 1965) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Móri in '' Life in a Fishbowl''. In 2015 he won an Edda Award for that same role.
Early life
Þorsteinn grew up in the Fossvogur area of ReykjavÃk ...
as Hannes
*
Atli Oskar Fjalarsson as Atli rauði
*
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Erlingur Hafsteinn
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Haraldur Stefansson as Gylfi
Reception
''Let Me Fall'' was received positively by most critics, with ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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''s Stephen Dalton saying that "framing the plot in female-driven coming-of-age terms, with a tortured same-sex romance at its heart... gives this story a fresher angle than most drug movies." Andrew Parker of ''The Gate'' said the film "eschews cheap clichés surrounding drug dependency in favour of a more delicately crafted, time shifting character study."
For ''The Canadian Press'', David Friend said the film "doesn't blink in showing how drugs can destroy lives, and its heartbreaking moments come when it shows how powerless the people around an addict can feel."
References
External links
''Let Me Fall''at the
Icelandic Film Centre
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2018 films
2018 drama films
Icelandic drama films
2010s Icelandic-language films
Films about drugs
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