Roger Ebert

Sound of Falling

Operates like a ghost story, complete with a haunted house, but the ghosts aren't supernatural. The ghost is history.

‘Sound of Falling’ Review: A Fortress of Feminine Mysteries

This detour-heavy film moves across time periods to follow girlhood mischief, desire and abuse on a German farm.

'Sound of Falling' review: Four generations of German girls suffer the same growing pains in Mascha Schilinski's mesmerizing stunner

Unfolding like 100 years of home video footage that were shot by the family ghosts, Mascha Schilinski's rich and mesmeric " ...
collider

'Sound of Falling' Review: This Cannes Opener Is One of the Most Grim Films About the Female Experience I've Ever Seen

Emma Kiely has been with Collider since 2021 and has been Horror Editor since July 2023. Emma has a degree in English and Film from University College Dublin. For a while, due to pandemic-induced ...
Deadline.com

‘Sound Of Falling’ Review: Mascha Schilinski’s Superb Feature Is A Masterclass In Ethereal, Unnerving Brilliance – Cannes Film Festival

One is the loneliest number in Mascha Schilinski’s superb second feature, a fractured reflection on childhood and family that eschews linear narrative for immersive atmosphere, telling the story of ...
IndieWire

To Create the Atmosphere in ‘Sound of Falling,’ Mascha Schilinski Asked, ‘What Does a Black Hole Sound Like?’

The German filmmaker tells IndieWire about making her Cannes-winning international Oscar entry, a sprawling portrait of generational family trauma, on location at a farm with child actors tackling ...
The New Yorker

The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in “Sound of Falling”

At the start of the extraordinary German drama “Sound of Falling,” a teen-ager, Erika (Lea Drinda), hobbles down a hall on one leg and a pair of crutches. It takes a second to realize that she has no ...