Sound of Falling
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“How long can you act happy without anyone noticing?”
Overview
Set across four generations in rural East Germany, Sound of Falling is a lush, transportive period piece with an experimental edge. On a farmstead in the Altmark region, the everyday and ineffable blend together through epochs spanning the early 20th century to present day. Through repeated gesture and shifts in perspective, we experience the ambitions and dreams of successive girls who become women, each facing the trials of their own age.
“Breathtaking”
“A dramatic tour de force of mind, body, and soul”
“This one could haunt you to the grave”
Jury Prize
Why See This Film
Winning the Cannes Jury Prize and sweeping the German Film Awards (or "Lolas") across categories, Sound of Falling is a festival darling that lives up to its reputation. Ambitious in form but still highly accessible, this takes a novelistic approach to the history of a family, using fragments of memory to form portraits of distinct and memorable women through time. Despite the weight of German history, Mascha Schilinski finds moments of joy and poetry throughout.
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