Sound of Falling

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Sound of Falling

Jan 2026

2h 29m

Drama

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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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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 3, 2026

3.5/5

...[Sound of Falling is] a film which rewards reflection. The more I thought about it, the cleverer it became.

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Nikki Gemmell

The Australian

Jun 2, 2026

3.5/5

It is a weighty, dense work, with echoes of a literary, impressionistic novel, but bear with its fragmented narrative; it tells important stories. It’s also one of the most visually stunning films I’ve ever seen. Worth it just for that.

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Jason Blake

Sydney Morning Herald

May 26, 2026

4/5

This dark but memorable German film turns a lens on the cruelties suffered by related women across four time periods.

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Mauricio Jarufe Caballero

Cinencuentro

Oct 1, 2026

Few films dare to do what Schilinski does here: this particular combination of sensory elements that compose a kind of collective soul, a type of phenomenological cinema that transmutes the very experience of living...[Full review in Spanish]

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Marcelo Paredes

Cinencuentro

Sep 15, 2026

Schilinski uses a wide range of audiovisual resources to draw us into [the film's] world and make us realize how, regardless of time and place, memories always resurface. [Full review in Spanish]

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Clement Tyler Obropta

Ithaca Times

Aug 25, 2026

The audacity of its nonlinear storytelling, its patient editing, and its ethereal atmosphere combine to form a wholly unique experience.

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Ghederick Eshmont

Feb 9, 2026

A brilliant film, but not an ounce of fun to be had, a tragic charring story of generational abuse

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Fong Kok Hoong F

@RT29722865 Sep 6, 2026

This German entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards projects haunting and lyrical girlhood memories of four female protagonists enduring generational trauma of silenced desires and miseries happening in a farmhouse that witnesses it all through history spanning decades from 1910s to 2020s.

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Alain E

@AlainE Aug 21, 2026

A definite work of art. A two and a half hour contemplation on the Freudian Eros and Thanatos as seen in rural Germany across two or three centuries. Times are not determined with accuracy. Excellent cinematography throughout. Very good acting with the participation of many children. On Mubi.

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Jana M

@Janamh Jun 29, 2026

Obsessed with this film. Disorienting upon first viewing, but the questions and imagery propelled me to watch it again. The second viewing revealed the true depth of this brilliant film.

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Edgar C

@RT90078722 Jun 14, 2026

Sound of falling brings too much ideas, but overall can't sustain them.

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Tom F

@RT55173143 Jun 12, 2026

Something very special here, I’m already looking forward to rewatching it.

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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

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