The New York Times

‘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. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...
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 ...
The New York Times

Telling the Stories of a House Full of Secrets

Mascha Schilinski’s movie “Sound of Falling,” which takes place over a century in a rural farmhouse, shows how trauma is transmitted through generations. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Berlin While ...
NPR

'Sound of Falling' is a hypnotic history of German rural life

The opening line of L.P. Hartley's seminal coming-of-age novel The Go-Between reads, "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there." That sentiment resonates throughout writer and ...
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 ...