We see a collection of men and women of different ages wearing black early 20th century clothing. They all face away from the camera apart from a small blonde haired child who stands amongst them, looking directly at the camera with a sombre expression. We can see a staircase behind them.

Sound Of Falling

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About Sound Of Falling

The astonishingly ambitious second feature from German writer-director Mascha Schilinski (Dark Blue Girl) braids together the lives of four generations of girls across the tumult and violence of the German 20th century.

On the river Elbe between Berlin and Hamburg, a family farm sits in a region that saw both world wars and defined Cold War divisions between East and West Germany. We visit with Alma (Hanna Heckt) in the early 20th century, Erika (Lea Drinda) in the 1940s, Angelika (Lena Urzendowsky) in the 1980s, and Lenka (Laeni Geiseler) in the present. As time moves both forwards and backwards, each faces her own particular fate.

A sombre, beautifully crafted study of Germany’s national trauma, the effects of violent patriarchy and the haunting emotional inheritance of successive conflicts for young women and girls.
 

Booking info

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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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