Synopsis
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.
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Cast
- Martina GedeckFrau
- Ulrike BeimpoldLuise
- Karlheinz HacklHugo
- Wolfgang Maria BauerMann
- Julia GschnitzerKeuschlerin
- Hans-Michael RehbergKeuschler
Recommendations
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Los Angeles Times
The Wall is a remarkably involving film, especially given its brave, self-imposed limitations. - 75
New York Post
The Wall winds up as a captivating fable, an end-times scenario that’s more about the survival of the spirit than the body. - 70
The New York Times
The photography is often lovely, and Ms. Gedeck convincingly portrays a woman who as the ordeal stretches on month after month seems to be gradually losing her individuality and blending into the landscape. - 67
The Playlist
The Wall seems to be telling the story about assimilation, about a woman who accepts her lot and attempts to persevere through the cruelest of conditions, an unspoken martyr. Perhaps it would carry much more power had she not been so chatty. - 60
Time Out
Though its blanketed voiceover narration can be too on-the-nose—it’s a metaphor, we get it—the film packs a psychic punch, thanks to Gedeck’s spectrally wearied face. - 60
Village Voice
For all its stellar nature photography, its low hum of suspense, and Gedeck's raw and affecting performance, the film often feels like an illustrated audiobook rather than narrative drama. - 60
Variety
Though complementary, the pic’s images and voiceover never quite fuse into a single whole. - 58
The A.V. Club
Haushofer’s book may be a classic, but this is the least imaginative way of filming it imaginable, short of simply pointing the camera at a copy and rapidly flipping the pages.
