The Wall 3/4 stars

 Seen in theater,  released 2013.

Directed by Julian Pölsler 

Written by:Marlen Haushofer (novel), Julian Pölsler (adaptation)

With Wolfgang M. Bauer, Ulrike Beimpold, Martina Gedeck

This is a very beautiful film with lots of ideas floating around.  In it,  a woman (basically a one woman show) on holiday in the Austrian Alps finds her self walled in by an invisible barrier.  So this is the story of how she and her animals survive (or not).  The invisible barrier is not explained.  It just is.  But she is trapped for the few humans in her area are frozen (dead) standing in their places so the audience knows that she is alone.

The visual beauty comes from her surroundings as she is caged in a valley of the Alps.   Of course, one could argue that there is beauty in the prose her character and some of the ideas that she expounds upon. 

Some of the themes that are discussed are that of survival, responsibility to nature, loneliness, and the transcendence of natural beauty. 

I would CAUTIOUSLY recommend this film.  It is very beautiful and poetic.  It is also a bit slow going.  I seem to say this often, but I would recommend this film only to people who are capable of being patient and can appreciate the films relaxed, lingering pace.