“Let Me Fall” is a harrowing look at addiction that stands out amid an autumn filled with films about junkies and their families.
Again touching a domestic nerve as he did with “Life in a Fishbowl,” Icelandic auteur Baldvin Z’s drama tells the story of two teenage girls and their descent into the hellish depths of substance abuse.
Like Z’s two previous features, it is strongly acted and sensitively directed.
It is also remarkable for its unflinching gaze at the abuses the protagonists suffer to satisfy their habits, and for its compelling cinematic style.
“Fall” opened in Reykjavik on Sept.
7, far out-grossing “The Nun” in its first week, and is still going strong.Like Amazon’s awards-buzz title “Beautiful Boy,” “Let Me Fall” is also based on true stories and considerable research in the addict community.
And like “Beautiful Boy,” it unfolds in a nonlinear fashion, cutting between
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