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Wikipedia article




'Let Me Fall' is a 2018 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophonasson. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

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



* Eln Sif Halldrsdttir as Magnea

* Eyrn Bjrk Jakobsdttir as young Stella

* Lra Jhanna Jnsdttir as older Stella

* orsteinn Bachmann as Hannes

* Atli Oskar Fjalarsson as Atli raui

* Sveinn lafur 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." Andrew Parker of 'The Gate' said the film "eschews cheap clichs 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




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