Let Me Fall

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Let Me Fall

2018

2h 16m

Crime

Drama

Biography

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88%

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8 Reviews

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When 15-year-old Magnea meets Stella, everything changes. Stella's no-holds-barred lifestyle drags them both into a world of drugs, which brings serious consequences for each of them, and their relationship. Twelve years later their paths cross again, and a reckoning between them becomes unavoidable.

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Alissa Simon

Variety

Like Z's two previous features, it is strongly acted and sensitively directed.

Oct 8, 2018

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Stephen Dalton

The Hollywood Reporter

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.

Sep 24, 2018

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

Based on a true story, it strengthens in its story and in its narrative with a final stretch where its basic dichotomy feels complete. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 9, 2019

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo

The Canadian Crew

The film steers clear from becoming misery porn by giving each major character considerable depth. Let Me Fall is a dark journey of the soul but one worth taken.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 2, 2018

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Ethan Vestby

Cinema Scope

And don't worry, the careful flashback structure will be sure to further remind us of this lopsided binary between their lives throughout.

Sep 11, 2018

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Brian Thompson

Film Threat

Let Me Fall is a devastating portrait of sex, drugs, and psychological decay, fashioning chilling imagery that each viewer is sure to carry with them long after the credits roll.

Rated: 8/10

Sep 8, 2018

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Alain E

I have no idea why this is so highly rated. Hard drug use is bad. Call a press conference! The two girls slide into addiction and apparently one of them escapes. Magnea probably will die, but after an hour and a half I decided I had enough. My reaction is not from a moralistic perspective. I have watched films with addicts since Andy Warhol’s Trash (1970). I find seeing the actress shooting drugs, vomiting and being sexually abused on and on pointless .

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Audience Member

It's been a long time I felt that sad and sad and sad after watching a film. Unspeakable sadness and unstoppable sighs. Living in a hell with the broken family, unattractive schooling, uncontrolled drugs and sex, an aimless life and the merciless real world, the love between the two girls seems to save a temporary heaven for them, and just temporary.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Perfect casting and very well acted. Such a great movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Baldvin Zophoníasson

Director

Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir

Stella

Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir

Magnea

Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir

Stella

Kristín Lea Sigríðardóttir

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Sólveig Arnarsdóttir

Jórunn

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Synopsis

When 15-year-old Magnea meets Stella, everything changes. Stella's no-holds-barred lifestyle drags them both into a world of drugs, which brings serious consequences for each of them, and their relationship. Twelve years later their paths cross again, and a reckoning between them becomes unavoidable.

Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson
Producer: Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson
Screenwriter: Birgir Örn Steinarsson, Baldvin Zophoníasson
Production Co: The Icelandic Filmcompany
Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography
Original Language: Icelandic
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2021
Runtime: 2h 16m

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