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Let Me Fall (2018)

Lof mér að falla (original title)
| Biography, Crime, Drama | 7 September 2018 (Iceland)
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Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.

Director:

Baldvin Zophoníasson

Writers:

Birgir Örn Steinarsson, Baldvin Zophoníasson

Stars:

Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir, Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir | See full cast & crew »
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Credited cast:
Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir ... Magnea
Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir ... Stella
Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir ... Stella - older
Kristín Lea ... Sponsor (as Kristín Lea Sigríðardóttir)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sólveig Arnarsdóttir Sólveig Arnarsdóttir ... Jórunn
Sigurbjartur Atlason ... Toni
Þorsteinn Bachmann ... Hannes
Edda Björgvinsdóttir ... Geðlæknir
Gunnar Bersi Björnsson ... Man in rehab
Laufey Elíasdóttir ... Helga eldri
Atli Oskar Fjalarsson ... Atli rauði
Einar Gunn ... Bangsi69
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson ... Erlingur Hafsteinn
Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir ... Stjúpmóðir Magneu
Halldór Laxness Halldórsson ... Lúkas (as Halldór Halldórsson)
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Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.

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Enthralling and haunting
9 July 2019 | by snezhina-kovacheva – See all my reviews

Ill have visual flashbacks about the movie weeks later, saw it on my way to Iceland. Haunting visuals, devastating story, excellent acting. See it!
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Country:

Iceland | Finland | Germany

Language:

Icelandic

Release Date:

7 September 2018 (Iceland) See more »

Also Known As:

Let Me Fall See more »

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Reykjavík, Iceland See more »
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Budget:

EUR3,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$747,236
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