In The Home  •  New Release Sound of Falling

It’s not every day you see a movie that resembles nothing you’ve quite seen before, making you question the very notion of what a movie can be. And yet German director Mascha Schilinski’s bold second feature, Sound of Falling (In Die Sonne Schauen), is just that: a transfixing chronicle in which the lives of four girls are fused into one long cinematic tone poem, hopping between different epochs without warning, painting a portrait of budding womanhood and rural strife through the ages. The closest thing that comes to mind is probably Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, although this is Malick by way of Jane Campion and Michael Haneke...

Jordan Mintzer – Hollywood Reporter
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Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika and Lena each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other.

 

Cannes Film Festival - WINNER Jury Prize

German Film Awards - WINNER of 10 Lolas :  Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Lena Urzendowsky), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup

Academy Awards® - Germany’s official submission has been shortlisted for Best International Feature and Best Cinematography.

European Film Awards - NOMINATED Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer, Best Costume Designer, Best Composers, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Casting Director

Chicago International Film Festival - WINNER Best Director and Best Sound

Stockholm Film Festival - WINNER Best Director

Athens Film Festival- WINNER Best Picture

Director
Mascha Shilinski
Writers
Louise Peter, Mascha Shilinski
Cast
Hanna Heckt
Lena Urzendowsky
Susanne Wuest
Luise Heyer
Laeni Geiseler
Lea Drinda
Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Genre
Drama

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