The Wall

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The Wall

2013,

1h 48m,

Drama/

Sci-Fi

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37 Reviews

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Cut off from the outside world by an invisible and impenetrable barrier, a lone woman (Martina Gedeck) starts a journal of her experiences.

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Critics Consensus

Die Wand (The Wall) preserves its source material's thought-provoking themes -- and serves as a brilliant showcase for Martina Gedeck, whose performance carries the film.

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Ethan Gilsdorf

Boston Globe

Sep 18, 2013

Bleak and beautiful, harrowing yet inspiring, "The Wall" ("Die Wand") is a stunning tale of isolation and survival in a wild and silent world.

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Drew Hunt

Chicago Reader

Sep 12, 2013

An elegant, slow-burning exercise in narrative minimalism.

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

Aug 23, 2013

3/4

Plsler's film is quietly deliberate without ever feeling slow, thanks to a few handy assets at his disposal.

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Patrick Gamble

CineVue

Feb 26, 2019

4/5

Pölsler has created a captivating and emotionally compelling parable which harks back to an era when popular sci-fi functioned as a thoughtful and vital study of contemporary issues.

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Mae Abdulbaki

Punch Drunk Critics

Aug 14, 2018

3.5/5

Pölsler creates the perfect quiet and isolated atmosphere and Gedeck really sells it. Hauntingly sad.

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Apr 9, 2014

The widescreen images of the Austrian landscape and the lovingly lit cabin interiors are unfailingly gorgeous, but Gedeck's the key asset: her fine, expressive features do almost as daunting a job as the words, words, words we hear.

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Theodore L

Jul 17, 2017

The slow pacing can feel like it's testing the viewer, and at times the narrative, very much relying on voice-over, seems as lost or as stuck as the woman in the woods. Yet the core of the story is intriguing and beautiful, and the images in it are gorgeous. The acting is very good, but we don't get a lot from it, because the woman never speaks except in voice-over, so we see just her actions, and at times only long close-ups of her face staring into the distance while the voice-over talks.

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Synopsis

Cut off from the outside world by an invisible and impenetrable barrier, a lone woman (Martina Gedeck) starts a journal of her experiences.

Director: Julian Roman Poelsler
Producer: Wasiliki Bleser, Rainer Kölmel, Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner
Screenwriter: Julian Roman Poelsler
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: ORF, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) [at], Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Coop99 Filmproduktion, StudioCanal, Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 7, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.7K
Runtime: 1h 48m

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