Sound of Falling

In die Sonne schauen

The lives and eras of four young women echo in the walls of a rural German farmhouse, in this ethereal and kaleidoscopic portrait of womanhood.

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Credits

  • Director

    Mascha Schilinski

  • Screenwriters

    Mascha Schilinski, Louise Peter

  • With

    Hannah Heckt, Lena Urzendowsky, Laeni Geiseler, Susanne Wuest

  • Germany 2025. 149min

  • Courtesy of

    MUBI

  • Language

    German

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Vignettes of Alma, Erika, Angelika and Lenka capture generational shifts and haunting parallels of loneliness, lost innocence and misogynistic abuse. A watchful, ghost-like camera observes them and the small intimate details of their worlds. This is a mesmerising film of memories and tremendous cinema that is achingly present, which has seen Mascha Schilinski deservedly heralded as a great new German auteur.

Kristy Matheson

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury, harm towards children, incest, sexual assault and suicide.

How to book

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