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Sound of Falling

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Over the course of a century, as four girls from different time periods experience their youth on a German farm, their lives become intertwined until time seems to dissolve.

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Exquisitely well-crafted and laced with mordant humor, Sound of Falling is a haunting generational drama that announces Mascha Schillinski as a world-class directorial talent.

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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) Apr 24
4/4
Schilinski’s second feature film is a stunner and a harbinger of major work ahead. Go to Full Review
Danny Leigh Financial Times Mar 9
4/5
Director Mascha Schilinski’s jagged, heady film is a dark collage of girlhood through time, most clearly held together by a setting in the same farmhouse in Altmark, north-east Germany. Go to Full Review
Catherine Wheatley Sight & Sound Mar 6
Mascha Schilinski’s fragmentary look into the lives of four generations of German women – each affected by violence and abuse in different ways – is as unsettling as it is breathtaking. Go to Full Review
James Marsh South China Morning Post 3d
4/5
Often resembling a ghost story in how figures from each era linger in the corridors and courtyards of the farmstead long after they have passed, the film is a challenging, beautiful and technically ambitious exploration of generational trauma Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views 4d
"Sound of Falling" is definitely well made, but maybe too artsy fartsy for the average moviegoer or even cinephile. Go to Full Review
John Serba Decider Apr 28
Sound of Falling is an exquisitely conceptualized and realized near-triumph that leaves us with an overwhelming, almost unshakable sense of sadness. You won’t soon forget it. Go to Full Review
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Ghederick Eshmont Feb 9 A brilliant film, but not an ounce of fun to be had, a tragic charring story of generational abuse See more Liubov K. @shpingalette 6d It’s like a beautiful and terrifying dream, slowly gets under your skin and becomes unforgettable. A pure art. See more Henry D @Henry_Domke Apr 27 Immersive and dreamlike, with the experiences of girls and women floating and drifting through generations on a family farm in Germany. The settings and people felt completely real. The film captured fear and fascination about death, but also the small rhythms of daily life and playfulness. Even though the story moved across many years, it felt surprisingly cohesive. See more David M @macleodds Apr 18 Nihilism for the sake of nihilism, angst run amok. See more Maarit L @Komedienne Apr 12 The film required a great deal of thought from the viewer. It made the audience meet the characters on a personal level, and the director used interesting cinematic techniques to achieve this. See more Tim O @Fustyoaks Mar 18 I really didn’t enjoy this film and found it hard to stay engaged. There is no plot to speak of and the various scenes involving different characters weave inexplicably without ever connecting. There are some interesting and engaging moments but the narrative is never fully realised and the sum is much less than the parts. I know that some viewers have loved this film but I found it dull and impenetrable. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Over the course of a century, as four girls from different time periods experience their youth on a German farm, their lives become intertwined until time seems to dissolve.
Director
Mascha Schilinski
Producer
Lucas Schmidt, Lasse Scharpen
Screenwriter
Mascha Schilinski, Louise Peter, Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski
Distributor
MUBI
Production Co
ZDF, Studio Zentral
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 16, 2026, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$86.4K
Runtime
2h 29m