The Wall

Putting a Kafka-esque spin on Robinson Crusoe, this adaptation of Marlen Haushofer’s novel is strikingly shot (by nine cinematographers) and intrepidly played by Martina Gedeck...

It’s a smart piece of work, and if it occasionally feels like the world’s best film-school project, that is part of its intelligent minimalism.

...stop thinking like a human being and ditch all moral qualms about killing...

...it’s sometimes the quietest stories that make the deepest impression.

Call it a landlocked variant on Robinson Crusoe, but it’s a hypnotic one, with a sense of mystery and interior life that are all its own.