Let Me Fall

Let Me Fall
Directed by	Baldvin Zophoníasson
Written by	Baldvin Zophoníasson
Starring	Þorsteinn Bachmann
Release date	7 September 2018 (TIFF);
Running time	136 minutes
Country	Iceland
Language	Icelandic

Let Me Fall (Icelandic: Lof mér að falla) is a 2018 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson.[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

Cast

Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir as Magnea
Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir as Stella
Þorsteinn Bachmann as Hannes
Atli Oskar Fjalarsson as Atli rauði
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Erlingur Hafsteinn
Haraldur Stefansson as Gylfi

Reception

Critical reception

"Let Me Fall" was positively received by most critics, with The Hollywood Reporter'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."[3]

gollark: Not ææææææ I must never mention religion.

gollark: Religion. Bad experiences with religion totally exist, but as far as I know they mostly make people, well, annoyed about the religion.

gollark: Consider. Poland's problems are partly down to people being wrong about things. What if they were *right* about them instead?

gollark: And more people being right is generally good.

gollark: But you can just... not do that, instead of blocking other people from discussing it with them?

References

"Let Me Fall". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
"TIFF Adds More High-Profile Titles, Including Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s,' 'Boy Erased,' 'Hold the Dark,' and Many More". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
Friend, David (15 September 2018). "Five movies you might've missed: Smaller standout Toronto film festival picks". CTV/The Canadian Press. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

External links

Let Me Fall on IMDb

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[CE-1] "Let Me Fall". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[TIFF-2] "TIFF Adds More High-Profile Titles, Including Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s,' 'Boy Erased,' 'Hold the Dark,' and Many More". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[3] Friend, David (15 September 2018). "Five movies you might've missed: Smaller standout Toronto film festival picks". CTV/The Canadian Press. Retrieved 7 August 2019.