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Let Me Fall
Let Me Fall
	poster
Icelandic	Lof mér að falla
Directed by	Baldvin Zophoníasson
Written by	Birgir Örn Steinarsson; Baldvin Zophoníasson;
Produced by	Júlíus Kemp; Ingvar Þórðarson;
Starring	Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir; Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir; Þorsteinn Bachmann; Atli Oskar Fjalarsson; Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson; Haraldur Stefansson;
Cinematography	Jóhann Máni Jóhannsson
Edited by	Úlfur Teitur Traustason
Music by	Ólafur Arnalds
Production; company	The Icelandic Filmcompany
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]

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

Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir as young Magnea
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir as older Magnea
Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir as young Stella
Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir as older Stella
Þorsteinn Bachmann as Hannes
Atli Oskar Fjalarsson as Atli rauði
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Erlingur Hafsteinn
Haraldur Stefansson as Gylfi

Reception

Let Me Fall was received positively 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."^{[citation needed]} 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."^{[citation needed]}

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]

References

^ "Let Me Fall". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "TIFF Adds More High-Profile Titles, Including Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s,' 'Boy Erased,' 'Hold the Dark,' and Many More". IndieWire. 14 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

External links

Let Me Fall at the Icelandic Film Centre
Let Me Fall at IMDb

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[CE-1] "Let Me Fall". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. 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. 14 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

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