The movie
Sound of Falling
Sound of Falling is a haunting drama about four generations of girls connected to—and trapped by—a shared past. Through small keyholes, crooked corridors, and murky waters, we experience their emotional worlds, filled with inner turmoil, subjective memories, and hidden traumas.
Description
A remote farmhouse in the German Altmark. Four girls from different eras—Alma (1910s), Erika (1940s), Angelika (1980s), and Lenka (2020s)—spend their youth within the same weathered walls. As they wander through their own present, echoes of the past resonate through the halls: unspoken fears, repressed traumas, hidden secrets. Alma discovers that she was named after her deceased sister and fears she will suffer the same fate. Erika becomes entangled in a dangerous fascination with her disabled uncle. Angelika, trapped in an unstable family, teeters between a desire for death and a lust for life. And Lenka, growing up in apparent security, struggles with her place within her family and her new environment. Despite the years that separate them, their lives seem mysteriously intertwined. When a tragic event repeats itself on the farm, the boundaries between past and present begin to blur.
Sound of Falling won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was internationally praised for its dreamlike cinematography, supernatural sound design, and understated performances. The film was also selected as Germany’s official Oscar submission, earning it further international recognition.
